Rev. Dr. Gerald and Heidi Paul

Serving the Lord in the Cayman Islands

Bio

The Rev. Dr. Gerald and Heidi Paul serve the Lord through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) as career missionaries in the Cayman Islands. As a pastor and church planter, Gerald works with the church leadership of Safe Harbour Lutheran Church to reach out to the people of the Cayman Islands — both locals and expats — with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Gerald also provides pastoral care in Bermuda and is an adjunct professor at Concordia the Reformer Seminary in the Dominican Republic, where he teaches online.

Heidi supports these mission efforts through her culinary and creative talents to help create awareness for Safe Harbour in the community. She also helps as she’s able with the ongoing goal of opening a preschool on the island.

Gerald has been working with the leadership of the LCMS Office of International Mission, the Latin America and the Caribbean region, Safe Harbour’s education committee, a professional strategic planner and Lutheran Church Extension Fund, and they have made good progress toward making this dream a reality. However, several obstacles still remain, and they are in the process of forming a FORO at which interested congregations and/or individuals can discuss ways to move this project forward.

Gerald and Heidi both hail from South Africa. Gerald’s home congregation is the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wittenberg near Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, and Heidi’s is St. John’s Lutheran Parish in Shelly Beach, Kwa-Zulu Natal. Gerald graduated with his Master of Divinity and doctorate in missiology from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. Heidi earned her teaching degree in South Africa and her master’s degree in early childhood education in Montana. They grew up speaking four languages (German, Afrikaans, English and Zulu) and are adding Spanish, which they started studying in 2021. This greatly benefits their mission work with the multicultural, multilingual population on the island. Gerald served as a parish pastor in South Africa, Wyoming and Montana prior to serving on Grand Cayman.

Prayers

Please pray for Gerald and Heidi as they serve the Lord in the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean. Let us give thanks that they are ministering to God’s children in this part of the world.

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Additional Information

• Birthday: Gerald — April 19, Heidi — Nov. 28
• Anniversary: July 4
• Home District: Montana

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