Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with Josh Brewer, CEO and Evangerlist for Lifelight, about the next downtown Festival this time at Nelson Park.

from their website:

WHAT MAKES LIFELIGHT UNIQUE?

• Every Lifelight event and the LifeLight Youth Center is FREE to the public and is done by faith, and yet is still able to maintain top-quality production and event.  

• LifeLight reaches and attracts multi-generations who gather together in the name of Jesus.  

• Lifelight involves many church denominations, working together in unity based on the truth of God’s Word and the essentials of the Gospel.

We view ourselves as missionaries, and base our work from Acts 1:8, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” We exist to proclaim the Gospel through music and the message. While on a missions trip to Mexico in 1998, God grabbed a hold of Alan’s heart with the mission of “Taking the Church outside the walls.” What started out as a festival on a church lawn has now grown into an international ministry involving many who have a heart to reach people with the Gospel. In John 8:12 Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the Light of Life.” From this verse the LifeLight ministry was born. Our founding principle is to offer all events/Youth Center FREE of admission so that All may come, and All may freely hear the Gospel message of Jesus Christ!

MISSION STATEMENT:

VISION STATEMENT :  Giving everyone a chance to say yes to Jesus through focused driven evangelism.

PURPOSE: To present Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior to all who attend. Through contemporary (culturally relevant) Christian media and short-term mission trips, we seek to reach people with the hope and love of Jesus Christ. Our goal is to proclaim the truth about who Jesus is and how we can know him in a real and personal way; He is the only way to eternal life.  

PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY:  This is God’s ministry. He has raised it up and He will sustain and maintain it.