Evangelism/Missions
True Light's concept of discipleship is to bring people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, teach them how to live their lives consistent with the Word of God, and prompt them to action in the community to form a continuous circle of ministry. Thus, believers practice their discipleship by rehabbing homes for the needy, participating in food and clothing drives for the homeless and less fortunate, and by providing tutoring programs, employment services, as well as various types of counseling to the community-at-large.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty all them that are bruised..." Luke 4:18
We seek to cross all cultural, traditional, language, socioeconomic, and geographical boundaries to take the gospel of salvation and deliverance to the lost, the suffering, and the dying, that they may come into the knowledge of Jesus Christ our Savior.
True Light Fellowship Missionary Outreach Efforts
The True Light Fellowship church vision statement is “Reaching to Rescue and Teaching to Transform”
We have done this in many ways through the preaching of the word of God and through our missions ministry outreach efforts.
In our earlier days of ministry True Light held missionary boot camp training where seasoned missionaries would train incoming missionaries with a call and desire to “go ye therefore” to the world and teach as they have been taught. We would simulate field like experiences that would take us out of our normal life pleasantries and routine experiences. You were encouraged to open your mind, to open your heart; you were encouraged to be bold for the Lord and to be flexible because it is not all about you.
Over the years there were many missionary trips to Jamaica teaching and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
In 2007 we joined with members from various churches and traveled to Burkina Fasso West Africa to join in a global worship experience that was awesome!
In 2008 True Light members and church elders traveled to Lagos Nigeria West Africa where the gospel of Jesus Christ was taught to many. Our church was very instrumental in the building and completion of the True Light Fellowship Academy which still stands today and there have been many youth that have graduated to this day. Great things happen when we work together as a unified body for the building up of the Kingdom of God.
Today we are still keeping the vision statement strong for the Glory of God. True Light is one of many churches that feeds the homeless monthly through the Chosen 300 organization. We go into the Philadelphia Prisons CFCF for Men and The Riverside Women's facility preaching to gospel. The True Light Missions Ministry visits the sick and shut in, we visit nursing homes.
We go to the streets of Philadelphia witnessing, singing praises to God and preaching the gospel. We go into the Eliza Shirley Shelter for women men and children.
We collect toys and clothing for the Family Manor Shelter for Women and Children. We have toy drives at Christmas holiday so that no child is without and we have sent barrels of food to Bamboo Ridge Jamaica and support Benin West Africa.
All through the pandemic we held food giveaways freely giving fresh fruit and vegetables to the community and church members.
Today we continue with our food giveaways and all of our outreach efforts serving and reaching to rescue those who are in need of help from the troubles of this world.
As in the book of Nehemiah 4:6 “The people had a mind to work” In various translations this reads; the people had a desire, the people were enthusiastic, the people were committed, the people were determined. We are the people who are committed, determined and have a desire to serve and preach the word of God to the down trodden and to those with a broken heart, to set the captives free.