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Haiti (MNN) – From gang violence to a long-awaited election, Haitians are hoping for a turn in the story.

Haiti’s first presidential and legislative elections in a decade were originally scheduled for August 30. But Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime recently said the country’s security situation was not strong enough to hold elections that soon.

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 25, 2026. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett – By U.S. Department of State – This image has been extracted from another file, Public Domain, https://rb.gy/to2mnw)

Haiti’s electoral council has since pushed the vote to December 13, with a runoff planned for February.

Greg Yoder, president of Christian World Outreach (CWO), says, “I think people are kind of putting their hope in something good…from the elections. They’re putting their hope in the government, and that somehow that will resolve some of the issues that Haiti’s been dealing with for the last probably five years.”

The last elections in Haiti were held in 2016. Ongoing gang violence has repeatedly disrupted the country’s political process and displaced over a million people.

Yet, the crisis has also opened doors to ministry.

Yoder says, “Our churches outside of Port-au-Prince have seen an influx of displaced people. So it gives an opportunity to minister to them, to share Christ with them, [and] to support them in any way they can.”

 While many in Haiti are anxious for political change, CWO is pointing Haitians to a better hope in Christ.

The ministry recently brought pastors and church leaders together for its annual leadership conference.

Yoder shares, “Our hope is that they go back strengthened, ready for whatever comes after these elections, [and] that God will work through the people in these churches as they minister to people in their communities.”

Children’s feeding program by CWO in Haiti. (Photo courtesy of Christian World Outreach)

Ultimately, Yoder says Haiti’s circumstances haven’t changed God’s faithfulness.

“He hasn’t failed us yet, and we know that no matter what goes on in Haiti and in other countries where ministries are going on, that God’s going to continue to work and people are going to come to Him.”

Pray for peaceful elections and patience among the Haitian people. Ask God to raise up wise, godly leaders in Haiti. Pray also for CWO’s staff, churches, and ministry leaders as they continue sharing the hope of Jesus.

Pray that Haitians would ultimately put their trust in Christ.

Learn more about CWO in Haiti at cwomissions.org.

 

Header photo: Photo from 2020 of a suburb of Port-au-Prince (Photo courtesy of Reynaldo Mirault via Unsplash)