The Event/Initiative
Pastor Joseph Persaud of Liberty Bible
Fellowship in Queens, New York had a God inspired idea to keep an event unlike
any other in Guyana’s history. The nature of the event was an anti-suicide,
anti-violence & job creation rally. The two day event was held at three different
locations. On Friday, June 2, 2017 the event was held at the University of
Guyana’s Tain campus at 3pm. Later that day a session was held at Town Hall,
New Amsterdam for pastors and leaders in Berbice. On Saturday, June 3, 2017 the
event was held at the Jubilee Park, and it attracted massive crowds.
The Passion
Pastor Persaud left Guyana 32 years ago
yet he possesses a deep love for Guyana. He has a God inspired desire for the
reduction of the issues that were meant to be dealt with through the event. Three
weeks prior to the event he returned to Guyana after a decade to facilitate a
conference at the Guyana Marriott Hotel with pastors and leaders for the launching
of the project. He is passionate about making suicides in Guyana a thing of the
past. His objective is to “… wipe out suicide above the global average in a year.”
In relation to the current suicide rates
in Guyana and doing something to combat it, Pastor Persaud told me:
… it’s 29.5% per 100,000. If we bring it
to 20% per 100,000 it would be close to the global averages. I am a minister
and the easy thing would have been to come and preach and leave, but I decided
to do something more lasting.
Indeed the event was one capable of
leaving a lasting impact.
Some of the groundwork
Leading up to the event, Pastor Persaud
solicited the help of 300 prayer warriors from around the world. He referred to
them as Gideon’s 300. This number comprised people from Guyana, around the
world, and Liberty Church where Pastor Joe Persaud pastors. Their job was to
pray that the event achieve its purpose. In Guyana, a weekly program hosted by
Kester Deane was held on NCN channel 11 and his panel included various persons
that were capable of giving advice regarding the social issues highlighted. Churches
and non-governmental organizations were invited to register to assist with the
execution of the event. Moreover, Pastor Persaud tried to get the church to
assist in reducing suicide to normalcy within a year and pastors to use their
influence to bring hope to the country.
Persons who ministered
Persons that ministered at the Hope is
Rising event included Anil Azeez, Atta Boafo, Emran Henry Samuel Medas, Pastor
Sean Sobers, Miriam Williams, Minister E-Praise, Dominion Dancers, Psalmist
Eion Greaves, Kester D, MK out of the USA, and the New Life Drama Team. Pastor
Persaud was the host pastor while Kester Deane was the national promoter of the
event.
Pastor Persaud is thankful to God and
grateful for everyone who supported the initiative in Guyana.
Following the event
The outside world has taken note of this
epic event. On June 6, 2017 Pastor Persaud was on live radio in Antigua (91.1
fm) suggesting ways in which they could curb the problem there. He informed me
that in addition to Antigua, “... Trinidad, St. Lucia, Haiti, Jamaica, India,
and Nigeria seems interested in the Hope is Rising concept.”
More
about the pioneering Pastor Joseph Persaud
Pastor
Persaud’s Biography
Pastor Joe Persaud lives in New York
with his wife and three boys and Pastors a church (Liberty Bible Fellowship
Church www.libertychurchny.org )
in New York City. Along with that he is an executive at an Insurance Company
(large collaborator with Uber) in New York and also runs a charitable
organization called The Philia Foundation (www.loveguyana.com). He has travelled all
over the world and spoken at various conferences along with doing poverty
reduction projects globally.
Some of those projects involve micro
finance initiatives where poor persons are given loans to create a business,
and hence create profits and find themselves out of poverty. Instead of a
handout it is a hand up, and instead of giving a fish it is teaching a person
to fish. Some of these projects have been done in Nigeria, Haiti, and India.
Some of the other projects include awareness campaigns, to bring attention to
certain social issues such as domestic violence and country violence, along
with digging wells to serve over 2000
persons each day in poor villages, and providing alternative means for lights
from solar lamps instead of usage of kerosene lamps that are a health hazard
and expensive to maintain.
Pastor Joe Persaud is now focused on
assisting Guyana in reducing social and economic ills; suicide, violence,
domestic abuse, and joblessness. He is working with churches in Guyana to nudge
them to bring their assistance to these issues. He believes a shift is taking
place and pushing the systems already in place will move it faster and more
efficiently. This along with the collaboration of churches and its young people
working on these issues will bode well for the country, and will allow its
citizens to enjoy their lives and purpose on earth.
He has a Theological Certification and
is an ordained Elder/Pastor and he has a Bachelors in Constitutional Law from
New York along with two Masters Degrees (International Affairs and
Sustainability Management) from the New School University and Columbia
University in New York.
Pastor
Persaud’s CV
Joseph Michael Persaud
Pastor Liberty Fellowship Ministries
Global
Ozone Park, NYC
·
Pastor
for over 30 years and is one of the longest serving Father/Son Pastoral teams
in the USA
· Global
ministry that connects many globally for reaching those who need Christ, speak
hope into their lives, and maximize their purpose for living.
·
Reach
thousands weekly via social media and hundreds live at church in NYC.
CEO of The Philia Foundation, New York, New York
- A foundation to reduce poverty with awareness campaigns and projects around the world to increase employment (using microfinance and education) reduce violence, and produce energy via sustainability.
- Usage of Solar systems in Haiti- instead of kerosene lamps create alternative for better health and safety and economic viability via solar lamps.
- Coordinate various micro-finance projects in Nigeria, India and Haiti, and conferences to bring awareness of microfinance and other poverty reducing means.
- Create awareness programs to reduce poverty and violence and work through churches to use their reach and influence to impact society for the good of the society.
- Work with church conferences to influence church leaders and Pastors to become involved in social issues that impact people’s lives.
Present-Director – American Transit
Insurance Company NYC Since 1986
American
Transit Insurance Company-Named
among the largest commercial (writing over $325 million yearly) auto insurers
in the State of New York and the largest Insurer of UBER in NYC. They have
become a specialist in healthcare insurance in the automobile sector in NYC and
has testified before the Senate Committee in New York in regards to overhauling
the system, and stream-lining it to make it better for the public and avoid the
pitfalls of fraud in the marketplace.
Education:
Columbia
University, New York, USA
Spring 2013- MSc. in Sustainability Management
New
School University,
New York, USA
2003-2006-
MSc. in International Affairs
- The world’s economies including developing and advanced countries.
- Studied and wrote about micro-finance during this period.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
New York, USA
1986-1990-
Bsc.-Legal Studies- Constitutional law
Notable achievements:
1-Represented the Insurance Industry
in 2009 before the New York Superintendent of Insurance on major regulatory
changes that involved millions in savings to the auto insurance industry in New
York State.
2-Creating and executing the
American Transit Insurance Company’s Sustainability Initiative that focus on Sustainability
components in its corporate deliberations.
3-Appeared and give expert testimony
on No-Fault Healthcare issues before the New York Senate Standing Committee on
Insurance Reform in New State in February 2010 and May 2011. He recommended the
overhaul of fee-schedule, medical supply billing, and change in statute of
limitations for only No-Fault issues. Both testimonies can be found via the Senate
hearing archives.
6- Spoke in various conferences in
Haiti, India and Nigeria in collaboration with leadership and development
issues, including poverty reduction, micro-insurance, and micro-finance in
collaboration with the Philia Foundation’s developed poverty reduction programs
in each of these countries, and he is about to embark on a new program to
provide solar lamps in Haiti.
For
more information on the epic Hope is Rising event/initiative, pictures, and
performances, click on the following links:
Guyana Times newspaper article
Launch of the Hope is Rising song
Hope is Rising Face Book page
Pastor Persaud’s Face Book page
Love for Guyana article posted on
Thursday, 25 May, 2017
http://loveforguyana.blogspot.com/2017/05/upcoming-events-hope-is-rising-anti.html
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