Haiti

The U.S. State Department is encouraging all Americans in Haiti to “depart now” as violence continues to rise in the Caribbean nation.

A Catholic priest who was abducted by a Haitian gang in April is asking for prayers for 17 missionaries who are still being held prisoner by the gang.

According to an anonymous senior Biden administration official, at least some of the 17 American and Canadian missionaries who were abducted in mid-October by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti are confirmed to still be alive.

Back in 2010, my friend Darrow Miller of The Disciple Nations Alliance argued compellingly that Haiti, at root, has a worldview problem, both in the brutality Haitians suffered as slaves and the Vodou beliefs that marked its successful revolt. This week, Darrow joined Shane Morris on the Colson Center’s Upstream podcast to further explain how Haiti’s traditional worldview sees the universe as capricious rather than orderly and filled with unloving gods who need to be placated, showing what a difference a worldview makes.

A Haitian American pastor who was kidnapped by armed men dressed as police earlier this month has been released.

Nearly two weeks before 17 American and Canadian Missionaries were abducted by a Haitian gang, a 79-year-old pastor, who is also a U.S. citizen, was kidnapped just outside of his church in Haiti.

A gang in Haiti is demanding $17 million for the release of the 17 American and Canadian Christian missionaries its members kidnapped.

Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant, who serves as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says he is "outraged" with how the Biden administration is handling the border crisis with Haitian migrants.

Dr. David Vanderpool, the founder of LiveBeyond, explained how the organization is operating in the Caribbean country at the present time. Despite problems with food scarcity after the disaster, as well as the popularity of Voodoo practices in Haiti, Vanderpool said that "many Haitians with faith have turned to God more now than ever.”

Just days after getting hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, Haiti was struck by Tropical Storm Grace.