Pastor Antoine ELIE and his wife have six adult children, and they live in the Ennery area, which is on the main road to Cap-Haitien. Antoine planted the original church in 1982 under the name “Eglise Maranatha Ennery”, and he has been serving as the Senior Pastor since its launch.

Pastor ELIE received theological training through several biblical and leadership trainings led by North American missionaries in Haiti, and he also attended a four-year Bible School in Gonaïves, Baptist Mission of the Bible.

Pastor ELIE’s son is a musician at Harvest Cap-Haitien, and through seeing the ministry of Summit Planting Initaitive Haiti in its churches, his passion grew for how these Harvest churches were pursuing the Lord. So, it was through his son that Pastor ELIE got connected to Summit Planting Initiative Haiti.

In 2019, Pastor ELIE was enrolled in the 2019 Training Center class, along with the church planting candidates from Verettes and Gressier. This class graduated in January 2020, and though the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the church launches of both Verettes and Ennery, they were able to hold their soft launches in the summer of 2022.