As Cuba and its Christian community continue to process the shock of the plane crash near La Haban last Friday, where 111 people lost their lives, one of the main priorities for the Church is determining what happens to the children who’ve been orphaned by the tragedy.
Pastor Bill Devlin of Infinity Bible Church in New York, who is also the president of REDEEM and co-chair of Right to Worship NYC, told The Christian Post in a phone interview from Cuba on Wednesday that 10 children have lost both their parents from the Church of the Nazarene.
Devlin, who said he flew to Cuba to “represent the American church” and show the Church of the Nazarene that it’s not forgotten, told CP that the children are all between the ages of 8 and 17.
He noted that there are “daily meetings and discussions” going on about them, with the church looking to figure out “what families are going to take care of them,” whether it be other pastors, or family members.
He explained that the 10 couples from the church, who died when the Boeing passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Havana on its way to Holguin, were attending a general conference on marriage in the capital.
Devlin noted that the church ordains both women and men as pastors, and in many cases, for instance, where the husband served as pastor, the wife would have a role as a secretary or treasurer, and vice versa.
The Church of the Nazarene released the names of the 10 couples who died on Cubana Flight 972, which included Cuba East District’s Nazarene Missions International president, secretary, and treasurer.
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