The Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti or Mission Evangélique Baptiste du Sud-Haiti (MEBSH) grew out of the successful efforts of the non-denominational World.

Team and the Cuba Bible Institute. Workers who were deported from Cuba, returned to their homes in Haiti and began to spread the gospel they found.

In 1936, three missionaries began to work among these Haitians who had been converted under Baptist ministry while they were working in Cuban sugar cane fields.

In 1937, the mission opened a Bible school in Les Cayes. MEBSH now also operates a seminary, a hospital, and Radio Lumière (a network of 9 radio stations, including a radio station, studio & television station in Port-au-Prince). In 1995, the MEBSH had 183 churches with over 60,000 members (although World Team currently estimates as many as 115,000).

MEBSH has been officially recognized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs since 1971.

In 1987 MEBSH was granted Non-Profit status jointly by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of National Defense. Ref. CP/1988/87/0031.

To date, MEBSH has planted over 485 churches in Southern Haiti. At the head of each district is a superintendent and at the head of each region is a regional director. The regional directors along with elected officers (president, secretary, and treasurer) form the Executive Board of MEBSH.

EDUCATION:

primary schools with approximately 40,848 students taught by 971 professors

secondary schools with approximately 6,000 students

Four professional centers

A school training teachers

A university with studies in medicine, nursing, theology, educational sciences, and engineering

MEBSH partners with several mission organizations:

Harvest International, Inc.

Lumiere Medical Ministries

Reciprocal Ministries International (RMI)