Pastor, Educator
Christien Valcourt
Eglise MEBSH de Mariani
Pastor, Educator Testimony:
Six years later, the building collapsed due to the earthquake in January 2010. The members decided instead to meet on the street during this time and a new pastor was called, Pastor Christien Valcourt. Not long after this, PPM began partnering with the church and Pastor Valcourt. In August of 2010, the first PPM team helped construct a temporary building for the church to meet. According to the owner, the plot of land that the new church was built on was originally reserved for a voodoo temple to be built, but the Lord intervend and instead, placed His church there! Since that time, many teams have served alongside the church assiting their community in various ways and the church has grown to over 250 members. The new church building is complete and the focus of the church is to continue to spread the Gospel and raise up disciples to carry out the love of Christ in Mariani and to the ends of the Earth.
Meet the church:
Eglise MEBSH de Mariani
MEBSH Mariani was started by the Borgelin family as a prayer meeting in their home with just 5 members. At that time, the members were still attending a sister church in a neighboring community. But soon enough, the Lord grew their small meeting into more than 30 people and approached their pastor about starting a crusade in the community of Mariani and plant a church. In 2004, they rented their first building space and officially started Eglise MEBSH de Mariani. Pastor Clement Jean Robert was named the pastor at that time.