Church Planting

In the early 2000’s while on a US mission trip with Living Water International to Haiti we meet Gelin Joseph and immediately struck up a friendship with Gelin and several other Haitian interpreters which would last many years. Gelin and several other interpreters were attending seminary to become pastors. While on the mission trip Gelin told us of a vision, he believed God had placed on his heart – a vision of a Christian church, a grade school and a medical clinic in the Village of Cite Mon Boudou where he lived.

In 2018, Turning Point Missons purchased a piece of property near Gelin’s home with the hope that one day a church could be built there. Gelin didn’t wait for ‘someday”, and he personally financed the construction of a corrugated metal structure and began holding church services there.

During the Covid years, faithful TPM donors made it possible to build a permanent church for the community. Seventeen men were employed during the construction, and more than 100 people were fed as a result. By late fall of 2022, the doors of the church were opened to the community.

The first part of Gelin’s vision came into existence with the its construction, and the church building is now the thriving community hub, used six days a week for worship, Bible studies, choir practice and other community get togethers. You will hear more about the original corrugated metal church building later and how it continues to benefit the village of Cite Mon Boudou.