The latest issue of “Moman Kretyen”, broadcast simultaneously on Regi Media, BGospel Magazine and more than fifty Facebook pages, opened a crucial debate on the management and place of Haitian praise drivers during the forty days of fasting and the major closing conference in July 2025, organized by Tabernacle de Gloire and Shekinah Bishop Grégory Toussaint.
For this time of debate, Reginald Joseph and Jubau had invited Edriss Neptune, pastor and vocal lead of the Prayzhim group. The panel has drawn up a nuanced panorama of the current evangelical dynamics, openly questioning the evolution of spiritual and artistic leadership within the Haitian community.
The absence of Haitian praise drivers: between frustration and misunderstanding
This edition saw Simiane and Deborah Lukalu, international gospel figures, occupy the artistic scene of an event, however perceived as the value added of the Haitian evangelical community. According to what has been said on the program, this deliberate absence of national artists raises several questions: is it a desire to refocus on internal management? Of a strategic choice, or a desire to keep the local actors considered to be unreliable at distance?
The central questioning of the panel: “Why, this year, prefer external votes where, historically, local drivers were in the spotlight?” »»
Spiritual leadership: a model to rethink
Over the discussion, the problem of pastoral leadership in the area of praise has imposed itself. The panel expressed its reservations in the face of the lack of supervision of praise drivers, stressing the rarity of mentoring and spiritual guidance in the journey of contemporary artists. How to explain that the vast majority of praise drivers seem to be affiliated with a local church? In all likelihood, these sellers of praise seem to have a responsible pastor. The current operating method is more like a musical agency: drivers negotiate their price and deliver the performance, without spiritual depth.
The role of spiritual fathers – biblical models such as Paul and Timothy or Joshua and Moses – is mentioned to illustrate the importance of an authentic transmission of values and paternal affection. There is a manifest absence of advisers or referents capable of accompanying these talents apart from simple scenic performance.
In a previous program, the worshiper Myrdith said that most of the praise drivers almost never receive the call of a pastor to take their news, whether spiritual, family or other; Generally, calls are to check their availability in order to respond to a contract.
Scandals and ethical crisis: praise in the grip with disorder
The panel also points to the emergence of scandals affecting popular praise drivers: non -biblical remarriage, moral disorders, public conflicts. This phenomenon encourages certain pastors to devote their preaching to the denunciation of these behaviors, thus signing a crisis of credibility for an entire sector.
The speakers question: has musical activity become above all a lucrative business, to the detriment of ecclesial and spiritual engagement? “Some worshipers live in their performance, neglecting their community of origin,” said the panel. How can we explain that a praise of praise is almost always on the move to respond to contracts, without taking the time to recharge his batteries, and that the pastor who invites judges negligible to question his spiritual well-being as long as he is able to create a captivating artistic animation?
Discernment and discipline: issues for the cohesion of the ministry
The question of doctrinal rigor and pastoral authority was also invited to the debate. The animators deplore an increasing confusion on the nature of the ministry: “Adorators open their own church, sometimes without ordination or supervision, which promotes the proliferation of charlatans. They call for strict regulations and a recovery of the fundamentals: baptism, peace in Christ, distinction between authentic praise and revolted conduct. The allegorical image of “groups of goats and sheep” translates this duality: one disciplined, the other rebel.
Money and management: towards a necessary transparency
The financial question appears in filigree. The animators discuss the absence of a transparent budget in the churches and on the cases where the pastor is able to make withdrawals directly from the bank account of the church without going through an administrator or a co -signer. Direct access to the finance of the church often creates other problems.
Towards a reform of praise: exemplarity, authenticity, commitment
In conclusion, the panel insists on the primacy of exemplarity in praise drivers, the need for a healthy family life and a solid doctrinal understanding. It is around personal testimony, the mastery of the foundations of the Trinity and the Holy Spirit, that the future of Haitian praise will be durable.
The program ends with a call for collective consciousness: “It is impossible to help change without sacrifice. You have to color the sector, it takes more people who embody the change and authenticity of the Word of God. You have to influence behavior, and get out of a passive posture in the face of the charlatans show. »»
A reflection initiated for a community in search of coherence, leadership and authentic spirituality.
Quotes and sources
- “Why, this year, prefer external voices where, historically, local drivers were in the spotlight? ” – Panel Moman Kretyen
- “Some worshipers live in their performance, neglecting their community of origin. ” – Panel Moman Kretyen
- Stakeholders: Reginald Joseph, Jubau, Edriss Neptune (Pasteur and Lead Vocal Prayzhim)
- Moman Kretyen program, broadcast on Regi Media and BGospel Magazine