It's not by might, not by power but by My Spirit says the Lord.

Cross to Light was organized in 2005 as a result of the Lord stirring up evangelism. A culmination of various outreach events spirred on a group of people that wanted to keep the work of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ alive.

Before it's inception there were several events that inspired this gospel focused ministry. Beginning in 2000 there was a youth outreach ministry at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa called Worship Generation led by Pastor Joey Buran. Various team members of this ministry helped form Cross to Light. Another ministry that was concurrent to Worship Generation was a small Friday night evangelism class called Soul Winners led by Pastor Joey Rosak. The same team members that served Worship Generation also participated in this class for several seasons. After learning about the bible and God's message to people found in it the class would venture out to various locations to share the good news. From this street witnessing outreach many people came to the Lord.

A third ministry that was blossoming at this same time; from 2000 to 2005 was a new church called Living Water Christian Fellowship led by Pastor John Mendoza. Living Water had a weekly radio broadcast for Southern California. The soon to be Chairman of Cross to Light, Pastor Brian McDaniel, was asked one week to provide the message for the radio broadcast. He went on air - delivering his first syndicated gospel message to millions of KKLA listeners. They were invited to call in to recieve Christ as their personal Savior. A group of prayer councelors were thrilled to recieve a great response - thus solidifying the clear need for a gospel message ministry.

The soon to be called "Cross to Light" group prayed fervently and by God's grace secured the support to start airing a gospel message weekly on KKLA. Cross to Light was up and running!

Now that it was clear what the purpose of the ministry was, the next challenge was to decide on a name. Everyone started thinking and praying. One of the team members was looking at a picture of the evening sun going down over the water. He started to notice a cross in the middle of the picture. After closely looking at the picture he visualized a bridge going from the cross to the light, and the Lord gave him the name Cross to Light.

Over the past five years Cross to Light has reached millions of listeners, distributed thousands of free gospel message CD's and bibles, conducted many short term evangelistic mission trips all over the world and has helped serve and provide for orphans, widows and the needy.

Cross to Light has a support Israel division called, SupportIsrael.us by which we bring awareness and opportunity to people to help support Israel. The bible says to “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall be blessed who love thee (Israel)”.

Cross to Light has translated some of it's gospel message's into Spanish that air in South America on several radio stations.

Cross to Light has established a Bible Training Center in Port au Prince, Haiti. As a result five new church plants have been started so far. To read more about the gospel going forward in Haiti read more>

Cross to Light offers church planting and event speaking. Pastor Brian McDaniel has been a guest speaker and trainer all over the world, helping church plants, church growth and bringing the gospel to places that were once dark. With Christ being shared and recieved these places and people are transformed.

Pastor Brian McDaniel has been a missonary for Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa for 8 years. God has given him a vison to identify young leaders in Haiti, take them through the entire bible and send them out to start churches all over Haiti. He also has a son, Christian, who is 17 and is very interested in missions.

We thank the Lord Jesus and praise Him for what He is doing and are excited to see what He is going to do next.

Thank you Jesus!
From the Cross to Light team.