Capitol Ministries

International | CM 2019 33 A er months of networking , planning , and meetings, Caribbean Director Joseph Persaud is in the final stag- es of planting the first discipleship ministry to national po- litical leaders in Guyana, his home country. Bishop Persaud and Diana, his wife and ministry partner, met with the president of Guyana and leading parliamentar- ians to finalize plans for the creation of a discipleship min- istry to political leaders in the national capitol in 2019. For Bishop Persaud, the ministry will begin to fulfill his passion and vision to see the teaching of the Word of God greatly ex- pand in his area of the world. From this exemplar, and work- ing with his network of ministry friends, he plans to launch ministries in the federal capitals in the 24 neighboring Ca- ribbean island nations that are in his geographic area of in- fluence. Twenty-one of those nations were former colonies of the British Empire and they have a Protestant-based culture. Politically astute and well-connected in the faith communi- ty, Bishop Persaud serves the New Testament Churches in Guyana as the Administrative Bishop. Creating ministries to political leaders is a passion that came late to Bishop Persaud. He grew up attending a church that taught that neither the church nor Christians should have anything to do with government or political leaders, and he believed that until he studied the Bible to see what God's Word said. "I found that the Bible on politics is con- trary to what I was taught," he said. And since then, he's had a passion to reach political leaders for Christ. at desire met opportunity when Bishop Persaud met Ralph and Danielle Drollinger when they were on a mission trip to Caribbean island nations in 2017. Aer learning about Capitol Minis- tries®, the Persauds completed a CapMin training conference and Bishop Persaud was named Capitol Ministries®' Carib- bean Director. "I see a new and prosperous Caribbean where politicians and legislators are positively influenced by Biblical princi- ples," he said. "I am happy to be a part of Capitol Ministries® because it is the only of its kind that has embraced the Great Commission to engage those who tread the halls of political power. CapMin has a proven track record of 23 years of min- istering to the spiritual needs of those so engaged. I believe that with active CapMin discipleship ministries in every country, we can change the world for God and for good." Joseph Persaud Caribbean Director Guyana Shoreline of the Dominican Republic CARIBBEAN Latin America/ Caribbean Training Conference Miami, Florida December 1–5, 2020 Coming up

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