LIGHT OF THE WORLD MINISTRIES INC
EIN 45-3503673 · Protestant (X21)
What they do
LIGHT of THE WORLD MINISTRIES BEGAN REACHING OUT to THE HOMELESS, POOR, and NEEDY IN THE JACKSONVILLE, FL AREA BY BEING THE HANDS and FEET of JESUS. OUR HEARTS ARE to BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED and PUSHED ASIDE BY SOCIETY, LOVING THEM LIKE JESUS BY SERVING THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, and SPIRITUAL NEEDS. LIGHT of THE WORLD PARTNERS WITH VOLUNTEERS, ORGANIZATIONS, and CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES to GET OUT INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES to SERVE and LOVE ON THE "LEAST of THESE AS STATED IN MATTHEW 25:40. THIS OPENS UP THE DOOR to SHARE JESUS WITH THE LOST and BRING HOPE to THE BROKEN AS WE UNITE TOGETHER AS THE BODY of CHRIST. LIGHT of THE WORLD ALSO PARTNERS WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH IN POPTN, GUATEMALA to LOVE and SERVE ORPHANS, WIDOWS, and FAMILIES IN NEED. WE ARE BUILDING A RESCUE CENTER IN POPTN THAT WILL SERVE INDIVIDUALS and FAMILIES THROUGH FEEDING PROGRAMS, KIDS CLUB, FREE ENGLISH CLASSES, MISSION TEAMS, RESPITE CARE for PASTORS and MISSIONARIES, MEDICAL CARE,
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They name their leaders6 people are listed in the latest report.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (6)
BRIAN TUTTDIRECTOR
CHRIS HONEDIRECTOR
HARRY L DIVIDOPRESIDENT
NICK VASALIADESDIRECTOR
RUSSELL CEDERBERGDIRECTOR
SHELLY DIVIDOVICE PRESIDE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2012
- Location
- 7211 CRANE AVE APT 50, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32216-9034
- County
- Duval
- In care of
- HARRY L DIVIDO
- Primary officer
- HARRY L DIVIDO, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MONAKEY & COMPANY CPAS LC
- NTEE classification
- Protestant (X21)
- IRS tax category
- Protestant