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A 7 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. with devastating results. (See http://news.bbc.co.uk/ for details.)

American Baptist missionary families serving in Haiti with International Ministries were in the United States at the time. Steve and Nancy James are returning to Haiti immediately and Nzunga Mabudiga and Kihomi Ngwemi  are on a planned U.S./Puerto Rico home assignment.

$25,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds will be made immediately available to the Haitian Baptist Convention, IM’s partner in Haiti.

The death toll in affected areas has not yet been determined.  International Ministries, along with our HBC partners are conducting an assessment of the crisis.  Please check our website regularly for updates.

Haiti, a nation of 9 million people, is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.  It is about the size of Maryland and is on the western half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.  IM missionaries in the Dominican Republic are safe and report no damage in their areas.

Pray for Haiti and its people.
•    Pray for the proper response of the world to this tragedy.
•    Pray for believers in Haiti to shine forth the love of Christ is this time of desperate need.

*For Updated Information on the situation in Haiti,  Please go to the Haiti Earthquake page.

Emergency donations can be made on the IM website or

send checks made payable to “One Great Hour of Sharing – Haiti Earthquake Relief” and mail to:

International Ministries
P.O. Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482