Martine Nehemiah, arrived in Vanuatu in 2013 and was able to convince local politicians to grant him a special open visa to travel in and out of Vanuatu.
His coming to Vanuatu was impelled by a visit to his home village of Koyo in Guadalcanal by the Presbyterian Paama Seaside Men’s Fellowship in 2013.
He later proclaimed himself a pastor after encountering unfavorable relationship with the Port Vila Presbyterian Session and formed his own evangelical prayer ministry and resided in different places in Port Vila.