Pastors Fritz and Jadinah Sejour Gustave lead Miami Deliverance Church of the Nazarene with a shared calling: to build a ministry where every person is seen, taught, and sent. Together they shepherd a congregation known for its energy and its embrace.
Miami Deliverance Church of the Nazarene stands on a foundation laid by those who came before, in the prayer, preaching, and pastoral care of generations who gave their lives to this work.
From its earliest gatherings, Miami Deliverance has been a Haitian Nazarene congregation in the heart of Miami, a community shaped by the joys and struggles of a people called to faith across two languages and two cultures. The church grew through the steady labor of pastors, lay leaders, and families who built it ministry by ministry, year by year.
Today's congregation, under the leadership of Pastors Fritz and Jadinah Sejour Gustave, continues this story. Every Sunday School class, every prayer service, every Bible study in English and in Kreyòl, every act of outreach is one more chapter in a history that began long before us and reaches forward into generations yet to come.
The story of Deliverance, however, cannot be told without remembering the man whose ministry shaped the church and the family that now leads it: the late Rev. Joel Sejour.
In Loving Memory
Rev. Joel SejourPastor & Father
A Legacy Remembered
The late Rev. Joel Sejour was a faithful servant of Christ, a preacher of the Word, and a shepherd to those entrusted to his care. He served the people of God with humility and conviction, and the fruit of his ministry continues in the lives he touched, the families he prayed for, and the children he raised in the faith.
For Pastor Jadinah Sejour Gustave, his legacy is personal. He was her father, and his ministry was the soil in which her own calling took root. The voice that first taught her to pray, to preach, and to love the church is woven into the leadership she now offers Deliverance alongside Pastor Fritz.
"The righteous will be remembered forever." (Psalm 112:6)
His name remains spoken with honor in this congregation. The work of his hands is not finished, because the church he loved continues to gather, to grow, and to send. May his memory be a blessing.
What was begun in one generation is now stewarded by the next. Three values shape how the pastoral team carries this legacy into the life of Deliverance today.
Rooted
The teaching that anchored Rev. Sejour's ministry continues to anchor ours. Scripture is read, taught, and lived out, in English and in Kreyòl, week after week.
Empowered
From Tuesday prayer service to the daily virtual prayer line, prayer is the heartbeat of Deliverance. It was the heartbeat of the ministry that came before, and it remains so today.
Transforming
Children, youth, young adults, families, and elders all have a place. The work of the church is to love every person who walks through the door, and to send them out loving others.
