Speed the Light Charity

Chandler Mann Ms. Girkin 8th period Pre-AP English II 4 whitethorn 2012 Speed the sapless Speed the Light is a student initiated ministry where students of the Assemblies of God denomination pledge a certain amount of property towarfargonds missionary efforts. Ass the form rolls along, the students will pay off the pledges they set. The money the students raise goes to missionaries across the globe. With the different needs and requirements of being a missionary set the expenses (What is Speed).Speed the Light was started in 1944 by a minister named Ralph Harris to let students that didnt feel like being missionaries wait on out the efforts to spread the gospel (Speed the Light). Since then speed the Light has grown to be one of the largest perform founded charity groups in the world. Although Speed the Light has become so large, it was once an emergency program for war time missionaries. Soon after the institution was founded, World War II was coming to a close. Harris mind that that would be a hinge to swing on. Speed the Light took off and the war time missionaries took payoff of the wars destruction (McGee 218).The influence of the organization sky-rocketed within five years of the wars end, and Speed the Lights influence started to grow tremendously. Harris became the godfather of the effort and was commonly seen to be encouraging the new-fangled Billy Graham. Billy spread the word of god so much that today he is cognise as the door to door prophet. Today his efforts have helped not only the vision of Speed the Light, scarce the enthusiasm of the young teens of the Assemblies of God. Because of these efforts today Speed the Light is more active than ever. In 2009 two siblings of Berryville exalted school raised a combined total of almost 3,000 dollars.Morgan and Eric Barr spent one whole year alone raising money for Speed the Light. Although they knew that their 1,000 dollar pledges were a massive goal, they did not slack off. Their efforts we nt towards missionaries in third world countries that havent heard the gospel. I also participated as well, raising a hard earned 521 dollars. I can attest to the fact that I have never mat that my money couldve gone to a better cause. Speed the light is a very renowned organization that has helped missionaries spread the word of god for more than 65 years.Over 7. 6 million people have come to have a lasting relationship with Christ since its start in 1944. Speed the Light is an brilliant contributor to the spread of Christianity. I hope they continue to make a difference in the decades to come. They are a shining start in our world of pain and hopelessness. Works Cited People of the Spirit. McGee, Gary B. Springfield, MO. Gospel print House, 2004. Print. About Speed the Light. N. p, n. d. Web. 9 Apr. 2012 What is Speed the Light? Speed the Light. Np, 2012. Web. 19 Apr. 2012