Ministry Highlights

Early Growth

Between 2010 and 2020, Haiti’s religious climate saw a dramatic shift. Before the 2010 earthquake, polls showed about eighty percent of people in Port-au-Prince identified as Catholic, and less than twenty percent attended evangelical churches. Ten years later, the numbers were split at fifty percent for each category. We witnessed some of those personal changes firsthand in our Mercy Network churches. People often came with testimonies of misdirected worship that had been arrested and refocused on Christ, by God’s grace. “We did our sacrifices; we paid the spirits; we paid the Voudou priests to protect us. Then the earthquake [...]

2023-06-03T06:51:22-07:00June 2nd, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , |
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Why Do We Pray? Part 3

Our Lord hears, answers, and blesses our prayers. He gives us access to Himself in a personal way, and that truth is a gift and comfort to us every day. In light of these blessings, we're reflecting on five more motivations Christians have to pray. We pray in unity with other Christians. God consistently urges His people to pray from a state of peace with other believers. His heart is for unity in and through prayer. "I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling." —1 Timothy 2:8 We pray [...]

2023-06-21T15:19:43-07:00May 19th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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Why Do We Pray? Part 2

Every day, we find new reasons to come before the Lord in prayer—both to praise Him for what He's done and to ask expectantly for all He will do now and in the future. To that end, we're looking today at five more reasons Christians pray. We pray in order to submit our emotions to God. The Bible gives us a reason to pray, whatever the season we might be in. "Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise." —James 5:13 We pray to avoid temptation. God gives us access to Himself [...]

2023-06-21T15:22:49-07:00May 12th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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Why Do We Pray? Part 1

One of the main ways we invite our supporters to partner with us is through prayer. As Christians, we believe prayer is powerful and effective—a God-given resource for us, both when things go well and when we come to the end of ourselves. Today, we’re taking a look at a few of the reasons Scripture gives for believers to pray. We pray because God listens. God makes it clear that when we come before Him in prayer, He hears us as His children. "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear [...]

2023-06-21T15:26:33-07:00May 5th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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A Letter to the Church

Whenever the culture goes through a metamorphosis, we know there will be changes for the church to deal with as well. In our Judeo-Christian society, it used to be that people would come to the church when they were hurting. People looked to pastors and even Christians in general as a source of peace and comfort. But that doesn’t happen as often anymore. As believers, we have a fresh opportunity—to stop waiting for people to come in, and instead go out, find them, and extend hope to them through the gospel. Faith and works go hand in hand (James 2:26). [...]

2023-06-21T15:29:03-07:00May 1st, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , |
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A Future for Restaveks

One of the questions we often encounter is, “Why do we make our Children’s Homes into a permanent home for restavek kids rather than pursuing adoption?” It’s a fair question. In an ideal world, every child would have a stable family with loving parents. But that’s not our reality. Adoption is not always reliable or feasible. It can be an extremely long and expensive process which is a challenge for many families, let alone those already struggling to provide for themselves. In addition, many children have complex medical, emotional, or social needs that make adoption difficult. In either case, [...]

2023-06-21T15:33:59-07:00April 25th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , , |
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Supporting Missions with Your Family

At Connect 2 Ministries, we believe that ministry is a community effort. The Great Commission is a call to all God’s people, and making disciples is not something we do in isolation. That’s why we try to encourage families to make missions a regular part of life. Here are some practical things you can do to get started. Pray Together. Prayer is the most powerful thing we can do as Christians, and the best thing you can do to get your family involved in ministry is to pray together. Sponsor a child as a family, and commit to praying for [...]

2023-06-21T15:58:46-07:00April 14th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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Supporting Missions—The Dell Family

The Dell family has supported Connect 2 Ministries for years, and like many of our faithful supporters, they make a point of including their children in family ministry. We asked Jon and Melissa to share today about their experience getting their whole family involved in missions. When my wife and I got married, neither of us were pursuing God or anything involving ministry. Although I was raised in a Christian church and had been involved in Christian community in the past, it wasn’t until our first daughter was born twelve years ago that we realized our need for a [...]

2023-06-21T15:48:59-07:00April 7th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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Vodou in Haiti

The majority of people in Haiti, whether Christians or not, believe there are spiritual forces at work. As a culture, Haiti is very open to supernatural occurrences, and part of that reality is due to the country’s complex religious history. Probably anyone who comes and hears the gospel in one of our Mercy Network churches has been exposed to Vodou in one way or another, and it’s a topic that arises consistently when we talk about evangelism. Vodou is one of the most prominent religions in Haiti. It finds its roots in West African beliefs and practices brought to [...]

2023-06-21T15:36:04-07:00March 31st, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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Walking By Faith

The writer of Hebrews tells us that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). Faith means trusting that God will keep His promises, even when it seems counterintuitive. And walking by faith requires a deep understanding of God’s Word combined with a willingness to follow His direction. But what does it look like, in a practical sense, to walk by faith? Here are a couple of examples. When God called Abraham to leave his home and journey to an unknown land, He promised that he would become the father of [...]

2023-06-21T15:38:45-07:00March 24th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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