Five children - including an eight-month-old baby - were among those who were abducted outside the capital of Port-au-Prince.
A ransom of $1m (£720,000) is being demanded for each of the 17 American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti.
The country's justice minister, Liszt Quitel, said talks are under way with the gang to release the group, who were kidnapped over the weekend outside Port-au-Prince.
They were taken by a gang called 400 Mawozo, who are now demanding a total of $17m (£12.3m).
Mr. Quitel added that the FBI and Haitian police are exhorting the Christian Aid Ministries - the non-benefit help organization the gathering were essential for - who were called about a payoff after the evangelists were seized.
The Ohio-based association called for petitions for the "Haitian and American common specialists who are attempting to determine the present circumstance".
Among the 16 Americans and one Canadian are five kids, including an eight-month-old child.
They were snatched in Croix-des-Bouquets, around eight miles outside the capital.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the US government is "tenaciously engaged" on the seizing. furthermore, is in steady correspondence with Haitian police and the teachers' congregation.
"Lamentably, this is likewise characteristic of a lot bigger issue and that is a security circumstance that is essentially impractical," Mr. Blinken said, alluding to packs that control portions of Port-au-Prince.
Doris Michel, a Haitian-American lady, has faulted Haiti's administration for the expansion in kidnappings after her kid father was abducted a month ago.
He was taken by in a pack controlled region and the ruffians requested $6m (£4.3m) in recover, which later expanded to $10m (£7.26m).
"We continued to say, 'We don't have that sort of cash,'" Ms Michel reviewed. "Then, at that point, it changed to, 'What sort of cash do you have?'"
She added that the prisoners made due on a bowl of rice a day and three packs of water.
Ms. Michel dropped off the cash at a particular area, just for the gangsters to guarantee they didn't get it. They requested another installment.
She said the FBI did little to help and encouraged her to assemble more cash and restart exchanges, while Haitian police didn't reach out.
Her dad, who battled in the Vietnam war, was delivered following 11 days.
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