{"id":48114,"date":"2021-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/news\/le-surintendant-des-iles-vierges-leeward-decede\/"},"modified":"2021-09-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T05:00:00","slug":"le-surintendant-des-iles-vierges-leeward-decede","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/fr\/news\/le-surintendant-des-iles-vierges-leeward-decede\/","title":{"rendered":"Le surintendant des \u00eeles Vierges Leeward d\u00e9c\u00e8de"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joscelyn Sepeter Martin, 61, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 21 septembre 2021 apr\u00e8s une bataille avec le cancer. Il a servi l’\u00c9glise du Nazar\u00e9en pendant plus de 40 ans, servant plus r\u00e9cemment  de surintendant des \u00eeles Vierges Leeward.<\/p>\n

Martin a r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 l’appel \u00e0 \u00eatre sauv\u00e9, sanctifi\u00e9 et envoy\u00e9 pour servir le Seigneur en tant que jeune homme. Son voyage l’a pris du village d’Aberdeen dans la paroisse de Sainte-Elizabeth, Jama\u00efque, au Coll\u00e8ge th\u00e9ologique nazar\u00e9en des Cara\u00efbes (maintenant Coll\u00e8ge nazar\u00e9en des Cara\u00efbes) \u00e0 Santa Cruz, Trinidad, o\u00f9 il a commenc\u00e9 des \u00e9tudes th\u00e9ologiques en 1981.<\/p>\n

L’ann\u00e9e suivante, Martin a voyag\u00e9 au Guyana o\u00f9 il a \u00e9pous\u00e9  l’amour de sa vie, Sandra. En juillet 1982, il a pris le pastorat de l’\u00c9glise de l’amiti\u00e9 du Nazar\u00e9en ainsi que l’\u00c9glise situ\u00e9e au num\u00e9ro trente-cinq Village, restant l\u00e0 jusqu’en 1983.<\/p>\n

Joscelyn avait une passion br\u00fbl\u00e9e pour  voir le travail du Seigneur se r\u00e9pandre dans la r\u00e9gion. Apr\u00e8s seulement deux ans au Guyana, il a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 sa famille \u00e0 Saint-Vincent pour prendre le pastorat \u00e0 l’\u00c9glise Rillan Hill, au cours duquel l’\u00c9glise a fond\u00e9 un \u00e9tablissement pr\u00e9scolaire. En 1985, le couple a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Trinidad afin que Joscelyn puisse terminer ses \u00e9tudes. Il a obtenu son dipl\u00f4me de CNTC en 1986.<\/p>\n

Il est revenu en Jama\u00efque natale en 1986 apr\u00e8s l’obtention du dipl\u00f4me. Joscelyn a \u00e9t\u00e9 affect\u00e9 \u00e0 l’\u00c9glise Mineral Heights, qui a grandi \u00e0 plus de 100 membres avec une inscription pr\u00e9scolaire de 140 \u00e9tudiants. Joscelyn a \u00e9t\u00e9 ordonn\u00e9 en 1988.<\/p>\n

En 1993, la famille Martin s’est dirig\u00e9e au Guyana pour paster l’\u00c9glise de Queenstown du Nazar\u00e9en situ\u00e9e dans la section est de la capitale, Georgetown. Ils ont past\u00e9 l\u00e0 pendant trois ans avant de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 un appel de l’\u00c9glise de tous les saints du Nazar\u00e9en, situ\u00e9 dans le village avec le m\u00eame nom \u00e0 Antigua.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 l’\u00c9glise de tous les saints, Joscelyn et sa famille \u00e9taient profond\u00e9ment impliqu\u00e9s  dans le minist\u00e8re et le b\u00e2timent communautaire. Ils se sont occup\u00e9s \u00e0 construire l’\u00c9glise et \u00e0 avoir un impact sur la vie de ceux qu’ils ont rencontr\u00e9s dans la communaut\u00e9. Un fan de cricket fervent et sportif, Joscelyn s’est jet\u00e9 dans la fraternit\u00e9 de cricket et sportive du village et a servi de mentor \u00e0 plusieurs des hommes plus jeunes qu’il a rencontr\u00e9s. Alors qu’il a m\u00fbri et son minist\u00e8re a grandi, Joscelyn est devenu impliqu\u00e9 dans le travail de l’Association \u00e9vang\u00e9lique unie locale, se levant pour diriger l’organisation en tant que pr\u00e9sident de 2000 \u00e0 2005 et restant membre du comit\u00e9 ex\u00e9cutif jusqu’\u00e0 sa mort.<\/p>\n

Martin a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 surintendant du district de Dominique en 2016. L’ann\u00e9e suivante, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 surintendant du district des \u00eeles Vierges Leeward et a servi dans cette position jusqu’\u00e0 sa mort.<\/p>\n

Il est surv\u00e9cu par sa femme aimante de 39 ans, Sandra Martin, leurs deux enfants adultes, Josiah et LaFleur, et deux petits-enfants, Josiah Jr. et Raina. <\/p>\n

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