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Bring the Light ministries has brought together a team of servant leaders who are ready to go into the broken places of our city, places that many organizations are not equipped to go. The BTL team serves primarily Dallas and the surrounding areas to provide basic food and necessities to one of Dallas’s most economically challenged areas.
SINCE THE YEAR BEGAN...
- BTL has had over 1200 Volunteers
- Served over 55,000 Meals
- Handed Out Over 9,200 Hygiene Packs
- Begun the renovation of The Joshua Center Building
- Over 60+ Bins of Clothing Distributed this year!
- Distribution of 22-25 pallets of food/snacks to local food banks, recovery houses and after school programs every month!
This team not only consists of ministry staff, but a diverse board of directors well equipped to expand and meet the growing need in Dallas.
Bring the Light Ministries is dedicated to bringing the light to the lost, broken or starving through spiritual discipleship, the word of God, and meeting human needs by providing food to families in need, feeding, clothing, and housing the homeless, as well as providing other essential personal hygiene needs.
As Bring the Light Ministries has grown, so has the need on the street.
Over the next year, we are working to not only be able to provide the local community with a food bank warehouse, but also increase our meals we serve each week by 30%. We have also purchased a building that will be renovated as a faith based 12 Step Group Residential Housing called, The Joshua Center.
If our team was asked tomorrow if we could find a bed to help someone off the street and begin their sobriety journey, we most likely would be unable to find a place for weeks. There simply are not enough beds to meet the needs of the area.
The greatest need is the financial resources to bring food, water, and clothing to those in need and to complete the renovations on The Joshua Center. Once completed we will have the ability to begin helping those on the street recover their lives through group residential housing, a faith based 12 step program, education and job or trade training.
Bring the Light Ministries has been very successful in creating an organization based on diversity and inclusion by incorporating humans from all walks of life.
Our staff is more than 50% women from diverse backgrounds including Mexican, Caucasian and Native American. The rest of our staff is African American and Jewish covering a wide range of ethnicities and cultures.
In the event of any conflict, we have created a safe place for our team to be heard and for resolutions to be created.
When surveyed, our team answered yes unanimously to the following survey:
- Do you feel like you have a safe space to speak up in meetings, to your boss, and to your colleagues?
- Do you feel like you’re able, as a [demographic] person, to provide input to our organization?
- Do you feel like there is a work-life balance here?
We continue to support the goals, dreams, and journey of all of our team members while being part of a shared vision to show the world that we are all a community when we look at what is inside each of us instead of what is on the outside.
Organization name
Bring The Light Ministries, INC.
other names
318 Outreach
Causes
Economic/Financial Security/Poverty, Housing, Shelter & Homelessness
Operating Budget
$500,000 - $999,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx
BIPOC Leadership
Board Chair
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
2133 El Dorado Way