On May 28, 1967, Joanem Frandy Floreal was born in Cap-Haitien, Haiti from a very modest family. Growing up, he was fortunate enough to experience a happy childhood, surrounded by the love and affection of his mother. At an early age, he was taken to the Brothers of Christian Instruction for his elementary education, and later transferred to College Notre Dame for his high school education.
 

In 1988 he entered the United States and enrolled in Miami-Dade Community College where he earned an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration. He later received his Bachelor of Science Degree in International Business in 1994 from Barry University.

Two months before graduation from Barry University, he received God’s call for ministry. In preparation for ministry, he attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1997 and later transferred to Asbury Theological Seminary where he earned a Master Degree in World Mission and Evangelism in 2001. In 2019, he was awarded an Honorary Doctoral in Ministry from Trinity Theological Seminary of South Florida.

His dearest dream and his most profound aspiration was to be an itinerant Evangelist, but God had something else in mind. In March of 2002, he started a House Prayer Meeting with a core group of 4 participants. In May of the same year, he began to conduct Bible Study in his house with an average of 30 attendees. Thus, Shalom Community Church, one of the most thriving and fastest-growing congregations in the Haitian Community, was launched on September 8, 2002.

Rev. Floreal's leadership skills, his passion for ministry, and love for God’s people have contributed to make Shalom Community Church a vibrant ministry in the Haitian Community in South Florida.  Under his guidance, Shalom has added one (1) campus in Florida, in Palm Beach which launched in 2017.

Additionally, God also gave Rev. Joanem Floreal a passion for missionary work. In this vein, he has been taking large groups on short-term mission trips to Haiti every year since July 2003. After the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010, he felt compelled to establish an orphanage in Haiti. Shalom Village Orphanage was established in March 2010. The orphanage currently houses 30 precious children who are fully taken care of with compassion and dignity.