For 66 years, this Haiti partner school has been addressing society’s challenges

Evangelical Theological Seminary of Port-au-Prince (STEP) in Haiti traces its roots back to one of the Caribbean’s oldest evangelical schools, Evangelical School of the Bible (EEB) founded in 1942. STEP was established in 1981, and in 1997, the two institutions merged under the STEP title.

With over 1100 graduates, the interdenominational seminary has a long history of providing quality training for Christian church leaders and modeling a commitment to integrity and orthodoxy. STEP believes Haiti would have less capable leaders and the Church would be more easily swayed by departures from doctrinal orthodoxy if the seminary did not exist.

STEP’s community projects include providing access to drinking water, training underprivileged pastors for rural churches and enabling thousands of children in school. STEP believes biblical truth, character formation and a biblical worldview of community issues better prepares their students to address society’s challenges, such as voodoo, poverty, AIDS and narcotics.

STEP says Lucien Saül, a 1975 Diploma of Theology graduate, has a heart for service and “has impacted thousands of children and hundreds of church leaders.” Since graduating, he has built and supervised a large health center project; developed an elementary school; started a chicken farm to sell eggs and meat for supplemental school revenue; and developed a four-year pastoral training institute to benefit remote churches.