Bobanoit Lucceus

Bobanoit Lucceus (Pastor Bob), age 47, met his Lord and savior on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at Carle Bromenn Medical Center in Normal.

He was born on September 20, 1977. He was raised in Gonaives, Haiti. He is survived by four sisters and one brother. His parents, Accelon Lucceus and Bobadia Lucceus preceded him in death.

Bob is survived by his beloved wife Rose-Mika, children, Bob-Calvin age 15, Bob-Martin Age 11 and Rose-Zayra age 9.

Services will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at Eastview Christian Church. A visitation from will take place from 9am to 11 am will followed by a funeral service at 11:30am. A private graveside service will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington where Pastor Bob will be laid to rest.

Pastor Bob lived his life not to be served but to serve others.

He gave his life to Christ in 1993. He entered into discipleship, began studying the Bible and later on, became the youth leader in his church.

Most recently he served as the Senior Pastor at Pillatre Christian Church (2015 to present) and as Executive Field Director of Haitian Christian Ministries (2017 to present). He developed a passion for preaching, teaching, leading change, working with the absolute poor, planting churches and empowering people.

Pastor Bob earned a Bachelors degree in Theology at Northern Haiti Christian University and completed his Master of Arts in Organization Leadership at Azusa Pacific University. He had been currently enrolled as PhD student at Johnson University.

He served on the staff at Northern Haiti Christian University and taught the “Art of Preaching and Christian Leadership Principles” at Emmaus Biblical Seminary in Northern Haiti. Pastor Bob founded a youth program at Northern Haitian Christian University, where he led over 300 Haitian students to the Youth Assembly at the United Nation headquarters in New York.

He received leadership training in both the United States and Europe and had extensive experience in working with non-profit organizations. Prior to his role with Haitian Christian Ministries, he worked for two years as the Project Developer in Haiti at “Bright Hope International”, where his role was to write projects for schools, provide loans, and provide training for church members. He also served as consultant for three years at “Children’s Place International’, where his primary job was to develop a civic leadership program and an afterschool program for vulnerable children living with HIV positive parents. He also worked in translating documents and interpreting with USAID, World Vision and Oxfam.