Pastor Arly Pierre-Louis was born in a small town called “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord” not too far from Cap-Haitien, the second largest city, in the North Section of Republic of Haiti on January 8, 1964.  He is the first child of Joseph Lamarre Pierre-Louis and the late Elvire Blot Pierre-Louis. 

He came to the United States of America on January 17, 1982.  He lived with his parents and his sister Betty for 13 years in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York.  Thereafter, He lived in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York for 3 years with his wife and children.  He relocated to Richmond, Virginia with his family in March 1998.  He and his family have joined Brown Grove Baptist Church in 1999 in Midlothian, Virginia.  He continues to maintain good relationship with his former church, Pilgrim Wesleyan Church, in Brooklyn, New York.  He and his family have become members of Asbury Memorial Methodist Church located in Chesterfield, Virginia under the leadership of Rev. Derrick Parson on August 22, 2010.

Pastor Pierre-Louis graduated from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, High School in Brooklyn, New York, in June 1984.  He received a Bachelor in Business Administration in Human Resources Management from Baruch College, City University of New York, in May 1990.  He has done extensive studies at Queens College, City University of New York and Virginia State University of Petersburg.  He received a masters degree in theology at Virginia Union University in May 2008.  Furthermore, this process has helped him to uncover additional and significant themes this great journey. He is presently employed by the Richmond Public School System and serves as a French Teacher at George Wythe High School for the past 6 years.  In fact, he has been working as a French Teacher for 16 years.