Service Project for 2017-18

Someday on this property CRECH will teach Christian school teachers and administrators to be more effective in the classroom.

Beginning around the turn of the millennium, staff at CRWM-Haiti/Sous Espwa recognized the precarious position of our three Haitian ministry partners who were using large percentages of their organizational budgets to rent office and conference space.  Precious funds that would be used for Gospel ministry were instead being absorbed by operations.  Also at that time, North American churches were developing an interest in mission-service projects.  Our predecessors in Haiti made the decision to help our three ministry partners purchase property and build offices to free up rent money for ministry.  Visiting teams would help with raising capital and construction costs.  This model resulted in the purchase of the Ministry Center property and the construction of the offices and conference centers for the Christian Reformed Church of Haiti and the Ministry of Christian Development.  Now, the final partner to receive this assistance, the Consortium for the Reinforcement of Christian Education (CRECH), is making a downpayment on a piece of property on which it will build its new office.  Much of that down payment comes from funds raised from you, our support network.  Once the transaction is complete, CRECH will have to fund the rest of the purchase with its own resources over the next three years.  CRWM-Haiti will be recruiting visiting Service and Learning Teams to help in the construction in 2017-18.  If you or your church are interested in this important ministry, please e-mail Cody Zuiderveen (czuiderveen@crcna.org).  During the visit you will also learn about the great work CRECH is doing in educating Haitian Christian school teachers and administrators and developing integrated Christian primary and secondary school curriculum.