One of the personal projects that Pastors Bill and Joan have been
pursuing for the past five years concerns the island of Jamaica.
Most Jamaican pastors are bi-vocational (they must work a weekday job),
and haven't had much opportunity for advanced education. So our
pastors, with a group of 8 or 10 others, under the direction of the
Caribbean Nazarene College in Trinidad, have traveled each summer to
teach accelerated courses leading towards a certificate that will allow
them to be ordained. Each has taught two courses there, and one
summer they took their entire family--children and grandchildren!) to
help organize and conduct vacation Bible schools. Next year the
first group of young pastors will receive their certificates. And
these folk have become real brothers and sisters to us.
Our Purpose
Zoar Church is a congregation of Christian believers committed to
demonstrating God's love to each other and to all whom God's brings
across our paths. In our worship of and service to God, we are
intentional and flexibile, remembering God's command to "Love the
stranger as we love ourselves."