First Baptist Church of Port-au-Prince Marks 77 Years Amid Downtown Decline

Classified as National Heritage in 2010 by the National Heritage Preservation Institute (ISPAN), the building of the First Baptist Church of Port-au-Prince this year marks the symbolic milestone of its 77 years of presence in the heart of downtown, an area now largely abandoned by the authorities. Nestled between Rue de la Réunion and Rue de l’Enterrement, this emblematic building has not been spared by the spiral of violence that disfigures the capital.

Over the past four years, the faithful of this historic congregat