Gersan and Betty Valcin
Gersan grew up in Limbe, Haiti and accepted the Lord at age 9. His family moved to Canada, but during a conference From church in New York in 1986, Gersan met his wife Betty. Betty is also from Haiti, born again as a teenager. Gersan and Betty were married in 1989 in Canada.
Gersan graduated from Bethel Bible Institute and worked as a youth pastor in Quebec for two years. Valcin’s then moved to Texas where Gersan attended Dallas Theological Seminary and received his ThM in 1995.
In 1997, Valcin’s and their two daughters, Elizabeth and Deborah, answered God’s call to return to ministry in Haiti.
The beginning of their ministry focused on evangelism, church planting, and discipleship.
By the end of this season of their lives in 2003, Gersan and Betty had planted 72 churches throughout the country of Haiti. That same year, they felt a new call from the Lord and Gersan accepted the position of senior pastor at the Church evangelical community of Haiti located in Port au Prince.
From 1999 to 2010, Betty also served as AWANA National Coordinator for Haiti.
Valcin’s saw an opportunity to purchase property in the village called Ti Guinee, which is in northern Haiti just 8 km from Gersan’s childhood home.
In 2007, Valcin’s officially established its camping ministry called Jacob’s Well. Their goal was to share the power and truth of the gospel, to see people born again and disciplined in their faith. This included a strategic children’s ministry so that a new generation would be raised to become powerful believing leaders in the middle of the strongest voodoo area in northern Haiti.
Valcin’s also planted a church in Jacobs Well called Jacob’s Evangelical Vision church. In collaboration with American partners and short-term mission teams, Jacob’s Well also provided a medical ministry, a sports ministry, sanitary latrines, drinking water and the reconstruction of village houses in the region and the inhabitants of Ti Guinee.
In 2012 -2013 God opened the door to a whole new area of ministry which included the creation of a radio station Christian CIEL FM 98.7 and a television station Christian, TELESYEL-LA – Channel 10 both broadcasting from Jacob’s Well! These ministries media enabled the Gospel to be shared with approximately ½ million people in 5 cities.
Written by: Valcin’s US ministry headquarters is located in Austin, Texas.
