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                    Times Square Church Ministry Report

      Helping the Hungry - The Homeless - The Needy in New York City

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By David Wilkerson
June 17, 1991
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          In just a few short years, the Spirit of God has raised
          up a strong testimony to the power of Christ - right in
          the heart of America's largest city - New York.

          In the Mark Hellinger Theater, one of New York's
          largest, most beautiful theaters, God has established a
          church where hundreds of repentant believers from many
          nationalities are reaching out to the poorest and
          neediest in this crumbling city.

          The press has been surprised by the continual growth
          and outreaches of Times Square Church. New York City
          papers ran stories about "Standing Room Only For Jesus
          On Broadway."

          Thank God for the full auditorium, the mighty
          outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the many who are
          being saved. But we rejoice much in the heart God is
          giving us for the poor and homeless and those with
          life-controlling problems.

          We hope this pictorial report will bring you up to date
          concerning our outreaches and ministries - help you
          pray for us more intelligently and show you what your
          gifts are enabling us to do in the name of the Lord.

          We are not boasting in the flesh - for with all we
          attempt to do, the need is so great we are constantly
          being humbled and broken by what we see all around us
          daily. The problems, the poverty, the wickedness are
          overwhelming, so what you will see in this report is a
          testimony: A testimony that Christ cares - and so do
          His children.

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                               Timothy House

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          God has indeed wrought a great miracle in providing us
          with this newly-renovated building to house our men's
          program.

          The goal of Timothy House is to turn former addicts and
          alcoholics into men of God - with solid Bible training,
          much prayer and godly counseling.

          Timothy House is an answer to diligent prayer. For the
          past two years especially, we have been crushed by
          having to turn men back out onto the streets who
          repented and turned to the Lord at Times Square Church.
          We had no beds, and all other Christian programs
          including Teen Challenge were filled and had waiting
          lists. In some programs there was a three-month waiting
          period to get anyone in.

          Now we have our own place! It is debt free! Through the
          generosity of those on our mailing list, we were able
          to purchase this building and turn it into a
          Christ-centered institution for the salvation of many
          lost men, young and old.

          If you give to this ministry and have wondered where
          your gifts go - the Timothy House is a good example.
          For every convert who becomes a pastor, missionary,
          counselor or who is restored to his family and society
          - every giver has had a part in saving each life!

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                               Hannah House

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          What a mighty miracle God has performed for us in
          providing a brand new apartment house to care for women
          in need. We are moving the women's ministry into this
          new building in the next few months, the Lord willing.
          The owners are hard at work finishing it out to our
          specifications.

          It is completely debt free!

          We will provide a safe, spiritual haven for believing
          widows sixty years of age or older, who would be either
          homeless or living in squalid conditions.

          We will take in unwed mothers, providing a loving
          Christian atmosphere during pregnancy, and hopefully
          saving a number of babies from being aborted. We will
          also provide free pregnancy counseling.

          The Lord willing, we will also take into our ministry
          here women and girls with life-controlling problems. We
          have many who come to Times Square Church who turn to
          the Lord - and every Christian facility is filled. We
          have had no place, until now, to send them. We will
          focus on Bible training and Christian service.

          Hannah House is just one block away from Times Square
          Church. It is an absolute miracle how God provided this
          lovely, spacious facility for us. God put it upon the
          heart of a dear friend of this ministry to buy the
          house for our use.

          All glory be to God!

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                        The Raven Mobile Food Truck

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          We have outfitted this mobile food unit with a full
          stainless steel kitchen (required by New York City
          laws), and our food evangelists go out daily to places
          where the hungry and the homeless live on the streets -
          and hundreds are fed. We feed the homeless hot soup,
          turkey hot dogs and coffee in the winter and turkey hot
          dog and nutritious pasta salad in the summer.

          At Grand Central Station we have fed more than 150
          homeless people at a time. We pull up to parks, bus
          stations, abandoned buildings - wherever there are
          hungry, homeless people. The Raven is now known
          throughout the underground poor, because we do more
          than feed them. We give them Christ - the true Bread of
          Life. A number have been saved - now, almost daily,
          some are receiving Christ. What great changes we see in
          them as new hope fills their hearts - new desires to
          clean up, to work and to get on with life.

          The Raven truck has a black raven bird painted on the
          side, in reference to the raven that fed the hungry
          prophet Elijah by the river Cherith.

          Jesus said, "I was hungry, and you fed Me..." (Matthew
          25:35). What a joy to see so many willing volunteers
          going out to feed the hungry, fulfilling Christ's
          commission.

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                                Upper Room

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          The Upper Room is located on the second floor of a
          dilapidated building on the corner of Eighth Avenue and
          41st Street in an area called "Crack Alley".

          Wednesday through Saturday, hundreds are fed and
          clothed and are given hope. Our daily meetings are
          attended by some of the most wasted, broken-down souls
          in the entire city. Alcoholics, junkies, prostitutes,
          dying AIDS victims, runaways - all nationalities, all
          races - gather to be fed and to hear the gospel
          preached by former addicts and people just like
          themselves who were saved right off the same streets.
          They can hardly believe their eyes and ears when they
          listen to the testimonies of those who once sat where
          they now sit, once drugged and homeless - but now they
          are preaching the gospel.

          We have provided clothing here for many children of the
          very poorest. One day I watched as a desperate mother
          found clothes for three of her children. The relief
          expressed on her face was worth all our efforts.

          Christians are coming from all over America to help us
          minister in the Upper Room. Out of this humble center
          God has saved a multitude; and today, some are in Bible
          schools, colleges, back home, restored, working - all
          miraculously changed by the power of Jesus Christ.

          This is one of the most vital outreaches for Christ in
          New York City! Your gifts help provide the food we
          serve and pay a small stipend to our dedicated staff.

          The staff of the Upper Room literally risk their lives
          ministering on crack alley. Last week two street people
          were murdered in front of our doors. I heard one worker
          requesting prayer for sleep. He said, "We see so much;
          we are under such heavy demonic pressure all day long;
          we see such sadness and hear so much pain- we can't
          sleep at night."

          Please pray for their protection - for rest - for all
          needs to be supplied.

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                              Prison Ministry

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          There are more than 35 state and federal jails and
          prisons in the New York City metropolitan area alone.
          Some have no "religious" input at all. We now provide
          weekly church services, Bible studies and evangelistic
          music concerts in 14 of these facilities.

          God has raised up a group of 125 dedicated volunteers,
          including 15 musicians and signers, in the midst of
          Times Square Church. We reach out to these
          often-forgotten men, women and children, whom society
          considers to be outcasts. We provide discipleship
          training to new converts, individual visitation and
          counseling and family ministry.

          The entire church is involved annually with the
          families of prisoners by providing the children with
          school clothes, food and gifts for special occasions.
          What a joy when we see the faces of the children light
          up, as they receive the gifts purchased especially for
          them, and as they realize that these things are an
          expression from us as a result of how much Jesus loves
          them..

          We have been asked, "How have you been able to reach so
          many needy people in such a short time and still be
          debt free?"

          The answer is prayer - much prayer. The pastors are
          praying men; the church is intensely involved in prayer
          also. We have heard God's command to show the world
          that the gospel is "Preaching in action". We want the
          world to know that true believers in Christ Jesus who
          care for the poor and needy are simply expressing His
          love and concern.

          We pray in every dollar. This ministry is supported
          entirely by the voluntary gifts and offerings of
          friends throughout New York and the U.S.A.

          Your gifts are critically needed at this time to help
          us feed, clothe and support those entrusted to our
          care.

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          Used with permission granted by World Challenge, P. O.
          Box 260, Lindale, TX 75771, USA.

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