Consider the cost of supporting a Haitian pastor and his family who will graduate from The Project training and plant a church in a needy location. In Haiti, a pastor and his family can live comfortably on about $2500.00 per YEAR.
Ideally, we desire to see a Haitian church plant be self-supporting in four or five years. The Project pastors will be challenged to be fully self-supporting within a five-year period. Since they will be connected with a local sending church in the DR and (we pray) a sister church in North America, they should have access to the necessary training and support to "hit the ground running."
Our Haitian brothers already know the language and the culture of their mission field and already have relationships with their countrymen? These men need only a couple simple tools to be equipped as ambassadors of Christ in their homeland or beyond: basic doctrinal training and a modest level of support to get them started. This is what The Project is all about.
For the same price as what it will cost to fully support a Haitian pastor and his family for a full year, you can buy:
One big screen TV
2 health club memberships
2 years worth of cable or satellite TV
1 Tim Horton's coffee and one donut per day for two years.
One week-long vacation for two
I think you can do the math....
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also..." Matt.6:21
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