More Fruitage in the South

The Vieux-bourg Congregation had been reaching southward to Saint-Louis du Sud, home of Benoît Sterlin, a well-known businessman who had been studying with the Witnesses since 1946. He was also preaching. In 1950, the group of seven publishers there in Saint-Louis du Sud became the second congregation in the south. Benoît was baptized the following March, and he and his wife became very active publishers.

Up to then, only a few missionaries were licensed to perform marriages. When Haitian brothers also began to be appointed as marriage officers, Benoît was one of those sworn in by a judge in Port-au-Prince.

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A few who were already zealous Witnesses in Haiti by the early 1950’s: (1) Rodrigue Médor, (2) Albert Jérome, (3) Dumoine Vallon, (4) Benoît Sterlin,