10+
YEARS OF SERVICE
15
DOCUMENTED NATIONS
MULTIPLE
CONTINENTS REACHED
DIRECT &
PARTNER-LED RELIEF
PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF THE WORK
Widows receiving food. Families leaving bonded labor. Prisoners receiving essential supplies. Children and displaced families finding practical care.
These stories follow people facing different hardships across Asia, Africa and the Americas, and the ministry’s response through food, supplies, prayer and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Community members with Bibles during a ministry visit.
Uganda orphanage — shoes for school
Children gathered with a ministry team member.
MEETING REAL NEEDS IN DIFFICULT PLACES
FOOD AND NUTRITION
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SUPPLIES
HYGIENE AND WOMEN’S CARE
MATTRESSES AND HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS
BIBLES AND SPIRITUAL CARE
REFUGEE AND COMMUNITY RELIEF
HOW WE SERVE
We share Jesus Christ and meet practical needs with dignity and love. Relief is carried personally into communities and through trusted local partners, helping care continue beyond our visits. These stories document practical care across Asia, Africa and the Americas.
SELECTED RELIEF STORIES
ASIA: India (including Odisha) • Pakistan • Philippines
AFRICA: Kenya • Uganda
AMERICAS: Haiti • Brazil
INDIA: FOOD AND MATERIALS
India has been a major part of the ministry’s food and materials distribution. Visits have taken Phillip and the team to Miryalaguda, Vijayawada, Chirala and surrounding villages, with some journeys taking one to three hours each way.
FOOD FOR WIDOWS
Near Vijayawada, one outreach focused on food distribution for widows. Across the India visits, the team shared rice, food and essential supplies with families living in poverty.
WATCH: FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOR WIDOWS
RETURNING TO THE SIKH COMMUNITY
In Miryalaguda, the team returned to a Sikh community living along an impoverished alleyway. We brought blankets and other practical help, preached and prayed with residents. The community’s warm welcome remains one of Phillip’s favorite experiences in India.
WATCH: SIKH COMMUNITY OUTREACH
WATCH: RETURN TO THE SIKH COMMUNITY
CHIRALA AND CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Chirala was another location where the ministry carried out a major food distribution. The India visits also included serving food at a residential home caring for children and adults with disabilities, alongside revival and crusade services.
ODISHA: RELIEF AND CHURCH PLANTING
During the COVID period, Torch of Christ supported food relief and church planting in Odisha through a local partner. Phillip provided financial support while the work was carried out locally.
The photographs document several distributions across 2020 and 2021, including food, blankets, practical supplies and Bibles. This support also included household essentials and toys for children, reaching communities through local leadership.
PAKISTAN: FREEDOM BEYOND THE BRICK KILNS
In rural brick-kiln communities near Faisalabad, Pakistan, Torch of Christ Ministries helped five families leave bonded labor and begin rebuilding their lives. Relief continued beyond their freedom through food, bedding, cookware and essential household support.
During a two-week visit to Pakistan, Phillip arrived through Dubai and stayed with Christian hosts. Local believers helped the team reach churches and villages around Faisalabad and knew the brick-kiln communities they visited. The wider mission included church preaching and a one-day crusade attended by approximately 3,000 people.
Released families were connected with churches in local Christian villages. A couple of days after one family’s release, Phillip personally saw them attending a church service.
Practical support helped families set up their homes with pots, pans, blankets and other essentials. Assistance also included ways to earn a living, with examples such as a food stand or rickshaw work. Pakistani ministry contacts continued following up after the team’s visit.
Two original films published in 2018 document the release of the first two families and families three to five.
In 2018, Phillip and Torch of Christ Ministries carried food and the Gospel through Mindanao, serving students, neighborhood families and people displaced by the battle for Marawi.
DAVAO: REACHING STUDENTS AND PRAYING WITH THE SICK
The trip began in Davao City. From there, the team travelled to Marilog High School of Agriculture in Datu Salumay, where food relief accompanied a Gospel gathering for students. Many young people in this rural area walk one or two hours to reach school. A contemporaneous account from local ministry partner John Allcott records more than 300 students hearing the Gospel and credits Phillip and his teammates with groceries for the students.
The ministry in Davao also extended into a hospital, where Phillip preached and prayed with patients.
Watch the Davao hospital visit · Watch the school visit and feeding program · Read the local ministry report
CAGAYAN DE ORO: FOOD, PREACHING AND PRAYER
At a local community gathering, the team cooked and served food. Around 200 children came together, with parents and other neighbors joining them. Phillip preached to the neighborhood and prayed for people who lined up asking for prayer. Food distribution and Gospel ministry were part of the same evening.
MARAWI: FOOD RELIEF FOR DISPLACED FAMILIES
Months after the battle for Marawi, the team visited a community of displaced Muslim families living in UNICEF tents outside the city. On the drive toward Marawi City, they bought food and packaged it for distribution. When they saw the tents, they stopped and asked whether they could share the food and goods. The families warmly welcomed them, and Phillip was able to speak about Jesus.
The children’s response left a lasting impression: they told the team they loved them and ran after them down the road as they left. This remains one of the most beautiful moments of Phillip’s ministry. The original Marawi video preserves that encounter.
Marawi City — mission team arrival — September 2018.
Philippines — children’s outreach and prayer — September 2018.
Philippines — supplies prepared for mission outreach — September 2018.
Philippines — children receiving meals and supplies — September 2018.
Davao Region: school outreach in Datu Salumay · September 2018
PHILIPPINES: FOOD RELIEF AND PRAYER
LUNA, APAYAO: FOOD RELIEF AND HOSPITAL PRAYER
JUNE 2024 · NORTHERN LUZON, PHILIPPINES
In June 2024, after ministry in Angeles City, the team made a twelve-to-thirteen-hour journey north to Luna, Apayao. Food relief, hospital prayer and public evangelism were central to this next part of the mission. The team distributed food in an Indigenous community, preached in markets and prayed with local families and children.
At the hospital, Phillip and the team entered the intensive care unit to pray with patients. Cameras were not permitted inside. In the original film, Phillip speaks immediately afterward about the ICU visit and the team’s plans to continue praying in the other wards. Local contacts later reported that several patients were discharged within days.
The visit extended into local homes, where the team prayed with people in need. They also gathered with children and village residents, praying for their protection, future and provision. The photographs below show the shared meals, community gathering and personal connections made during this June 2024 outreach.
WATCH THE ORIGINAL APAYAO FILMS
Full mission film · Published September 13, 2024
Condensed mission film · Published September 26, 2024
Marketplace preaching · Account after praying in the ICU · Prayer with the village and children · Closing account of the outreach
KENYA: FOOD RELIEF AND CARE FOR COMMUNITIES
In western Kenya, Torch of Christ Ministries has carried out food distributions around Bungoma and Kisumu. The work has also reached impoverished communities in Nairobi, surrounding slums and orphanages, where food and practical materials were provided. These outreaches bring tangible care alongside the Gospel, working with local ministry contacts who know the communities being served.
Phillip visited Kenya twice, approximately in 2019 and 2021. In Nairobi, he ministered with local pastors, preached in slum communities and visited an orphanage. In Bungoma, he spent time at a large orphanage, playing football with the children and getting to know them. Church services and a multi-day crusade formed part of the wider visit.
Local contacts also carried out food distributions while Phillip was away. His orphanage visits centered on time with the children and the relationships formed there.
On the later western Kenya visit, Phillip took part in a church ribbon cutting, visited and preached at five or six churches, and distributed Bibles and other materials. Market preaching was part of both visits.
THE WORK CONTINUES
The work continues through relationships with Stanley and Patrick. Stanley has developed Torch of Christ churches and leads evangelism, including preaching in markets and other public spaces. The ministry supports this ongoing local evangelism, helping the work continue beyond Phillip’s visits.
WESTERN KENYA — FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Food distributions around Bungoma and Kisumu provided practical help for households facing need. Local ministry contacts helped the team reach the communities being served.
Webuye, Kenya — Children receiving meals — September 2019
PRACTICAL CARE ACROSS KENYA
In and around Nairobi, the ministry provided food and practical materials in impoverished communities, slums and orphanages. Across Kenya, practical care has also included shared meals at ministry gatherings, as the photograph from Ikolomani shows.
Ikolomani, Kenya — Community meal service — April 2021
UGANDA: FROM ORPHAN CARE TO REFUGEE RELIEF
Torch of Christ Ministries has carried out humanitarian work in multiple areas of Uganda, serving children, families, local communities and refugees through food, practical supplies and essential household support.
DELIVERING NOURISHMENT TO HOSPITALS, ORPHANAGES, AND UNDERPRIVILEGED SLUMS
A truck delivered a large supply of food to a Ugandan orphanage. The ministry also provided bicycles, shoes and other practical items for the children.
Uganda orphanage — shoes for school
Uganda orphanage — Bicycles provided for school
Uganda feeding program — Community outreach
PRACTICAL RELIEF AROUND IGANGA
Around Iganga, the ministry delivered mattresses, food and household essentials to local homes and served within a Muslim village.
Iganga — Home visit and prayer
Iganga — Household relief
Iganga — Mattresses and supplies
RELIEF FOR A REFUGEE COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN UGANDA
At Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda, approximately $3,000 in food, hygiene packs, menstrual-care products and other necessities was distributed to families facing displacement and urgent practical needs.
Phillip preached and prayed with residents, and many people prayed for salvation. He also spent time with the children during the visit.
Northern Uganda — Refugee-camp distribution
Uganda hospital — Prayer and food distribution
Uganda feeding program — Personal prayer
Uganda feeding program — Shared meals
HAITI: THE GOSPEL AND PRACTICAL CARE
In January 2024, one mission took Phillip and the team through Port-au-Prince, Gonaïves and Cap-Haïtien. They carried food and essential supplies into gang-controlled communities, cooked meals for prisoners, shared medicine and preached the Gospel. For Phillip, Haiti was one of the most challenging ministry environments he has entered.
CANAAN — FOOD, PRAYER AND THE GOSPEL
The first outreach in Port-au-Prince was in Canaan. Phillip preached to a large crowd, spent time with children and local residents, and the team distributed a substantial amount of food. On the way out, he met one of the gang leaders and prayed with him personally.
The visit came only months after deadly violence against a church-led march in the area. The team entered with a desire to share the Gospel and meet practical needs in a community living under gang control.
MONTHS BEFORE THE VISIT
On August 26, 2023, gang members opened fire on a church-led march in Canaan, killing several people. Early reports gave differing death tolls.
CITÉ SOLEIL — CHILDREN, FOOD AND PRAYER
The next day, the team entered one gang-controlled area of Cité Soleil. The reception was more guarded, but Phillip prayed over a large group of children and many people prayed for salvation. Food, materials and other goods were shared with residents.
The team promised to help with a damaged electrical pole and bring Bibles. These were commitments made during the visit.
The team later learned that a rival gang had entered the area about thirty minutes after they left and killed one of the gang leaders they had just spoken with. Phillip gives thanks to God for their safe departure.
Cité Soleil, Haiti — Phillip with children during community outreach — January 2024
VILLAGE DE DIEU — UNDER GANG CONTROL
At Village de Dieu, also known as Village of God, armed gang members surrounded the team and controlled their movements as they handed out cards for food distribution. The team knew they could be kidnapped or killed. Filming was heavily restricted; only a few photographs and short clips were taken at the end.
Phillip estimates that he preached to 100–200 people. About one or two dozen raised their hands in response to the invitation for salvation.
Back at the truck, beneath an awning, the team distributed food and Phillip preached a shorter message. He describes Village de Dieu as the most frightening part of the Haiti mission.
Village de Dieu, Haiti — Phillip and the mission team with residents — January 2024
GONAÏVES — FOOD TRUCK OVERTAKEN
After the Port-au-Prince outreaches, the team flew to Cap-Haïtien and travelled by private vehicle to Gonaïves. They purchased a large quantity of food and prepared parcels for a nighttime distribution.
The team had prepared hundreds of food bags for families facing urgent need. During the outreach, the mission’s food truck was overtaken, disrupting the distribution.
Food relief and Gospel ministry continued through the trip, including the prison visits that followed.
Gonaïves, Haiti — Phillip beside rice prepared for food distribution — January 2024
Gonaïves, Haiti — Phillip with rice in the Emmanuel relief truck — January 2024
GONAÏVES — MEALS, PRAYER AND PRISON MINISTRY
The team cooked food for prisoners in Gonaïves, and prison staff distributed the meals inside. Phillip preached the Gospel in the prison, and many people prayed for salvation. The preaching could not be filmed.
Prisoners wrote letters asking the team to pray for them. When guards explained the prison’s practical needs, the team bought diesel and returned with fuel for the generators. The visit brought together Gospel preaching, personal requests for prayer, meals and fuel to meet the prison’s needs.
Gonaïves, Haiti — Meals prepared for the prison visit — January 2024
CAP-HAÏTIEN — PRISON MEALS AND MEDICINE
Working with a local ministry, the team cooked meals for prisoners in Cap-Haïtien and personally handed medicine to people who needed it. Phillip preached outside the cells while prisoners listened through their windows.
Some extended their hands through the windows, but he could not see everyone in the cells or know how many had prayed for salvation. Practical care and the Gospel reached men whose needs were often hidden from view.
“I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
MATTHEW 25:36 · KJV
HAITI — THE GOSPEL IN THE STREETS
Alongside the neighborhood and prison visits, Phillip preached in a Port-au-Prince market where the team also distributed food. In Cap-Haïtien, the mission included several street-preaching stops during one day of the trip.
Open preaching and filming could draw a hostile response. Haiti was one of the most challenging places Phillip has ministered. He gives thanks to God for bringing the team through safely.
Pray for the people who responded to the Gospel, the families receiving care, the prisoners and the local workers continuing this ministry.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Gospel ministry during the market outreach — January 2024
BRAZIL: BRINGING HOPE TO THE FAVELAS OF LONDRINA
In Londrina, in the Paraná region of southern Brazil, Torch of Christ worked with local partners to bring food and the Gospel to families facing severe economic hardship. The outreaches reached densely populated favela communities where practical help was urgently needed.
Food and material distributions took place across three favelas in Londrina, including Flores do Campo and São Jorge, and at a halfway house. Phillip made two visits to the city, with food and materials provided during both visits.
FAVELA FLORES DO CAMPO — FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH
In Flores do Campo, food distribution and Gospel outreach reached Venezuelan immigrant families during the crisis in their home country. The gathering brought practical help, prayer and the message of Jesus Christ into the community.
Brazil — Londrina — Flores do Campo: Food distribution and Gospel outreach
BRAZIL — CARING FOR PEOPLE IN RECOVERY AND PRISON
The ministry has visited people in recovery and halfway-house settings in Brazil, sharing practical care, prayer and the Gospel. The original film below documents the halfway-house visit.
The ministry provided material support during two visits to the women’s prison in Londrina. In August 2024, Phillip and Bia visited a women’s prison in Londrina. Ministry supporters helped provide 243 hygiene kits for women with limited access to essential personal-care items.
Alongside the distribution, Phillip preached and prayed with the women. Roughly 30–40 women prayed for salvation, with many weeping or kneeling in prayer. Afterwards, women asked to sing praise together.
Brazil — Halfway-house visit and ministry
Flores do Campo, Londrina, Brazil — Adults and children gathered during community outreach
ADDITIONAL OUTREACH
ASIA
Malaysia: In northern Kuala Lumpur, the ministry purchased and prepared food for a church serving Myanmar refugee families. The supplies were enough for approximately 200–300 families, with distribution carried out through the local church.
Myanmar: The Yangon mission also reached a village with food and Bibles. The original mission series includes the distribution, prayer for salvation, village ministry and baptisms—showing practical care alongside the message of Jesus Christ.
WATCH THE MYANMAR MISSION FILMS
Indonesia: Food distribution reached local communities in eastern Jakarta. The original Indonesia mission series follows the ministry’s wider Gospel outreach around Jakarta.
WATCH THE INDONESIA MISSION FILMS
THE AMERICAS
Colombia: Food distribution through a local church in Bogotá in 2016.
Honduras: In a community outside Tegucigalpa controlled by the 18th Street gang, the ministry shared food and practical supplies with residents. Phillip preached and prayed with people there, and about three prayed for salvation.
WATCH THE HONDURAS FIELD UPDATE
El Salvador: Essential materials were distributed during prison ministry among prisoners associated with MS-13, 18th Street and Mao Mao gangs. Phillip preached the Gospel and prayed with prisoners, and many prayed for salvation.
Puerto Rico (United States): Food distribution for local communities.
EUROPE
Bulgaria: Material assistance for a Roma community near Sliven.
Together with the featured stories above, these outreaches document practical care in 15 countries.
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