We will travel to northeast Haiti in mid-July to lead three PPI courses for nearly 350 church leaders. Please pray for us!
We traveled to Haiti on December 15 to lead two PPI courses for 230 church leaders in our “home base” city of Ouanaminthe. These were our final course offerings for 2023. We also participated in the first graduation of the Evangelical Theological College, founded by Pastor Jasmin Joseph, a key member of the PPI ministry team. Thank you for your prayers. The Lord used our ministry team of Haitians and Americans to encourage and equip church leaders to the glory of God! To learn more about PPI’s beliefs, vision and strategy, CLICK HERE
In 2024, as the Lord wills, we plan to offer 11 PPI courses in 8 key cities in 4 Departments of Haiti.
* February 9-23, 2024 – Offer Courses 1, 2 and 4 in North Department, Haiti
Church leaders welcomed us warmly in Limbe in 2023 when we offered Course 1 for the first time there. We’re excited to return to offer Course 1 again and Course 2. We also will lead Course 4 in Cap-Haitien, hosted by our friend, Pastor Thomas Jean, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Quartier-Morin. CLICK HERE to help provide Bibles and other ministry resources for church leaders in Haiti.
* March 22-April 5, 2024 – Training in Northeast Department, Haiti (CANCELED)
We’ll return to Ouanaminthe, our “home base” city to offer two PPI courses, then travel to the chief city of the NE Department, Fort Libérté, to lead Course 1. We anticipate full courses in both cities.
* July 12-26, 2024 – Offer Courses 1, 2 and 3 in Artibonite Department (western), Haiti
Please pray that Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) will be able to resume flying in Haiti in the spring, as planned, so that we can return to the west coast of Haiti. We have experienced great response from church leaders there despite – or perhaps because of – the gang threat in this area. We plan to offer Courses 1 and 2 in L’Estére and Course 3 in Gonaïves. Hear a Haitian pastor talk about our training.
* December 13-24 , 2024 – Offer Course 1 (2x) in Centre and North Departments, Haiti
This will our first training in Hinche, the chief city of the Centre Department, and in Pignon, a key city on the southern border of the North Department. Many pastors have urged us to offer PPI training in these cities. As the Lord provides, we will train there in late 2024.
* 2024 – Offer Course 1 (two times) in another developing nation
As the Lord provides funding, we anticipate offering PPI training in an additional country in 2024. We have many invitations! Please pray that the Master of the Harvest will give us wisdom, clarity and provision for this next step!
Our goal is to make PPI training accessible to as many front-line church leaders when and where possible. Since most families in developing nations like Haiti live on less than $3 USD per day, it’s financially difficult for them to take time away from work. Most church leaders in developing countries lead their churches for little to no pay and have a “tent-making” job to support their families. That’s why we keep our course fees as low as possible and offer training at opportune times and locations.
WHAT ELSE IN 2024?
Building PPI’s Support Base
Between training conferences, we will continue to invite individuals and churches to support PPI in prayer and giving. This is necessary to fund our many opportunities to train church leaders as well as the substantial increase in costs these past two years. In 2024, our development efforts will include presenting at Gull Lake Camp in Southwest Michigan and, likely, the Sunrise Side Coffee Tour fundraiser.
Intro to the Thompson Bible workshops
The Thompson Chain Reference Bible is the foundational ”tool” we use in all of our pastors training. It’s a good Bible study tool for American Christians, too! Workshop attenders enjoyed and benefitted from getting into the Bible for themselves using the Thompson Bible. Learn more about the workshop HERE. If you’re interesting in hosting a workshop, contact Ken by email or phone.
Encouraging, Speaking and Writing
In 2024, we will revise and reprint Course 4 and finish writing and translating Course 5. Ken also will press on in Creole language learning. Please pray for these efforts!
The Lord continues to give Ken many opportunities to meet with and encourage U.S. pastors. Along with opportunities to speak in their churches, Ken desires to stimulate humble, straight-forward, Biblically anchored conversations about needs and issues in the U.S. church through his writing.
February 8-23, 2023 – Pastors Training in Gonaïves and L’Estère, Haiti
Bible colleges are closed in Haiti. Security and the economy continue to deteriorate. This is the time we need to encourage, train and resource church leaders in Haiti. The Lord opened the way (literally!) for us to train 300 pastors in the west coast cities of Gonaives (the chief city of the Artibonite Department) and L’Estère. They were so thankful and eager to learn. Please pray for them!
March 31-April 10, 2023 – Pastors Training in Cap-Haitien and Limbé, Haiti
We had planned to train church leaders in two new areas on the north coast of Haiti in April – Port de Paix and La Tortue – but the Lord had other plans for us. Shortly after returning home in February, I received a letter from Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF). MAF has decided to suspends all flights in Haiti from April 1 through January 2024 because of increasing threats and violence suffered by their staff. MAF operates out of Port au Prince. After prayer and conversation with our team, we decided to offer Course 1 again in Cap Haitian (pastors there are asking for it!) and in the new city of Limbé. Limbé is a crossroads town an hour west of Cap Haitien that has been on the PPI radar for some time. We had full courses in both cities, with 222 church leaders completing Course 1 and earning a Thompson Bible. Lord willing, we will be able to travel to Port de Paix and La Tortue in 2024 or 2025.
August 13, 2023 (Sunday 10am) – Present PPI at New Life Christian Fellowship – Saginaw, MI
Pastor Isaiah and Ken spoke at New Life on Sunday morning, August 13. We also set up a display table for PPI in the lobby that morning. Ken also spoke at Fardale Trinity Church (NJ) and Grace Christian Fellowship (NC) in August. Watch Ken’s message about mission to the poor HERE – https://youtu.be/hxO5cavl5A0?si=Le-oL7R6KxColuR8.
August 13, 2023 (Sunday pm) – PPI Summer BBQ
We enjoyed good food on a summer afternoon and learned more about PPI’s part in encouraging and training church leaders in Haiti and other developing nations. This was NOT a fund-raising event, but a thank-you and update time. A good number of PPI friends and support partners joined us on this day.
August 17-31, 2023 – East Coast Update/Development
For two weeks in August, Ken and Pastor Isaiah traveled the U.S. East Coast to update PPI supporters. We also connected with a number of potential supporters in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. We drove a fuel-efficient car and, for the most part, lodged with PPI friends and supporters. To read a summary of this trip, click this link – https://ppiministries.org/a-good-but-hard-trip/.
December 15-23, 2023 – Pastors Training in Ouanaminthe, Haiti
We will return to Ouanaminthe in December to offer Course 1 and Course 4. We also will participate in the graduation of the first class from the Institut de Theologie Evangelique la Providence d’Haiti (ITEPHA). Pastor Jasmin Joseph, one of PPI’s key leaders in Haiti, launched this Bible College three years ago as an outgrowth of PPI training in the Northeast Department of Haiti.