Light to the City is a ministry to youth. God has called us to reach out to them because of their vulnerability and need. We feel that intervention and guidance can be provided at a critical time in such a way that these youth, who may be mis-directed into drugs, violence, immorality, aimlessness and otherwise harmful lifestyles and show them there is a better way. We call this friendship ministry, an outreach to the youth by meeting with them and accepting them on their terms, the way Jesus would - and did.

Youth respond to friendship and acceptance. We are not here to judge them but to love them and ultimately to show them the love of Jesus Christ. We want to be friends and that means many things: most important is that we will maintain and uphold that values that God has given us, and when we encounter mistaken values and directions that the youth may be experiencing, to redirect them.

There must be a relationship of trust established first. Many times youth are going through major changes in their lives. They often are not well grounded in self-esteem and self-confidence. Many times they feel rejected by people and rejected by the world around them, and even rejected by God.

Their inevitable reaction to these feelings of being rejected is to reject themselves. When a person has rejected him or herself,  that is when they are in the most danger of falling into harmful and self-destructive activities and lifestyles.

Ministry is first of all an outreach. It is of no value unless we can reach the people and appeal to them with a hope, promise and capability. Our experience and vision leads us to accomplish this in friendship. A friendship ministry tries to look at people with the heart of Jesus. Each person is a unique creation and precious in t he sight of God. All people are of equal value in God's eyes. A person's backgrounds and experiences - good and bad, are not important.

The ministry says we are to accept all people and embrace the differences that we have and the uniqueness of each person.