Pastor Isaias Santo Teña stands in front of a school in Haiti.
Pastor Isaias Santo Teña stands in front of a church in Haiti.
Children in a classroom in the Dominican Republic.
A group of children pose outside of a school in the Dominican Republic.
Three girls pose by a school in the Dominican Republic.

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Dominican Republic

Mission History

Mission in the Dominican Republic was founded following Hurricane David in 1979 through the efforts of Puerto Rican Brethren who came to the aid of Dominican families in the Viajama community. Numerous Puerto Rican and US Brethren offered support and guidance throughout the past 30 years. Today, there are approximately 1,650 members in 21 congregations.

Active evangelism and church planting continue with energy and vitality--most churches have at least one daughter church or preaching point. A Theological Program helps fill the leadership needs of a growing church. Two cycles of theological students, numbering 36 students, have graduated over a period of 10 years.

A micro-loan program, which supports community economic development, reaches 500 participants in 17 Dominican Brethren churches.

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The micro-loan program is undergirded by the Global Food Crisis Fund. Special gifts have aided a variety of projects including vacation Bible school, church construction, and the Rotating Student Loan Fund (enabling emerging leaders to access university education).

View photos from the 18th Annual Conference of Iglesia de los Hermanos in the Dominican Republic.

News from the Dominican Republic

  • Dominican Brethren hold annual assembly
    (March 7, 2012)
    Iglesia de los Hermanos (Church of the Brethren) in the Dominican Republic held its 2012 Asamblea on Feb. 24-26. The annual assembly was “really positive,” said general secretary Stan Noffsinger, who attended along with Global Mission and Service executive Jay Wittmeyer and mission liaison Daniel d’Oleo. Also at the assembly were workcampers from Atlantic Northeast District led by Earl K. Ziegler, a long-time supporter of the DR church.
  • Church program in DR experiences financial, administrative problems
    (May 5, 2011)
    The Church of the Brethren mission in the Dominican Republic and Iglesia de los Hermanos (the Church of the Brethren in the DR) have been facing financial and administrative problems in recent years. The program in the DR did not receive a clean audit report in its most recent annual financial audit...

 
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