Many years ago my pastor at the time, Lon Solomon, encouraged the congregation with the value of reading the biographies of great men and women of God.

One such individual that I have grown to greatly admire is the late Bishop J.C. Ryle, described as “bold as a lion for the truth of God’s Word and his Gospel.”

I thought of Ryle as we recently celebrated launching our Savings Groups program in 11 churches in the central plateau region of Haiti.

Bishop Ryle famously stated,

Empires have risen and fallen in rapid succession. Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Tyre, Carthage, Rome, Greece, Venice–where are all these now? They were all the creations of man’s hand, and have passed away. But the Church of Christ lives on.

Amidst the chaos in our world and notably in the nation of Haiti, Christ continues to build His Church.