TAKE IT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY
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TAKE IT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY
EVANGELIST CASSANDRA AARONS WAS COMMISSIONED 8 YEARS AGO TO FULFILL HIS DIVINE PURPOSE IN QUEENS, NEW YORK. SINCE THAT TIME, SHE HAS KEPT BUSY "MINISTERING AND PROPHESYING LIFE TO THOSE WHO ARE LIFELESS." SHE COLLABORATED WITH HER ORDAINED HUSBAND, EVANGELIST TIMOTHY AARONS AND TOGETHER THEY CREATED. "TAKING IT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE MINISTRY IS TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THE INNER CITIES, AND WHO ARE IN NEED. EACH YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE THE COUPLE HAS CLOTHED AND FED OVER 1,000 PEOPLE. TAKING IT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS ALSO LAST YEAR PROVIDED ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE WO NEEDED JOBS AND HOUSING. THE AARONS SAY GOD PLANTED A VISION IN THEIR SPIRIT TO SERVE THE INNER-CITIES SINCE MANY SO CALLED CHRISTIANS ARE AFRAID. WE REALIZE THAT STREET MINISTRY IS NOT SO FAMOUS,WHEN YOU HELP THOSE WHO ARE DOWN AND OUT BUT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR RECOGNITION FROM MAN BUT BY GOD.. WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE REJECTED BY MAN BUT RECEIVED BY GOD. AFTER THIS VISION, THE AARONS FORMED VARIOUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES, INCLUDING TENT, SHELTER, STREET MINISTRY, AND THE GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRY. "LAST YEAR, WE PUT A TENT UP ON MAIN STREET, MOUNT VERNON AVENUE, CLEVELAND AVENUE AND LIVINGSTON AVENUE. LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF SOULS HAVE BEEN SAVED BY THIS GOD SAVING GOSPEL. THE LEADER FROM THE BLOODS GANG WAS SAVED ON LIVINGTON AVENUE TENT MEETING AND BROUGHT OTHER GANG MEMBERS TO THE TENT TO GET SAVED. THE COUPLE SAYS THEY ENJOY HELPING PEOPLE, BUT ARE BOTHERED BY SOME OF THE BAD THINGS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE CHURCH. THEY NOTE THAT THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. TAKING IT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES, WCVO, WVKO, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, COLUMN POST, CHURCHES, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE HOMELESS, FATHERLESS CHILDREN, WIDOWS, HANDICAPPED, SUBSTANCE ABUSERS, CRACK AND HEROIN ADDICTS, THE ELDERLY, MOLESTED CHILDREN, RAPE VICTIMS AND FOR THEIR ATTEMPTS TO FEED THE HUNGRY AND CLOTHE THE NAKED. "GOD DID NOT CALL US TO BE JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, OR ACCUSERS, BUT RATHER HE CALLED US TO BE SERVANTS. "I AM CONVINCED THAT THE THE BEST LEADERS ARE THOSE WHO LOOK THROUGH THE EYES OF A LAMB. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN POOR IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO LOOK DOWN UPON PEOPLE. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THEY CAN HELP TO EXCEL BUT ARE RATHER LOOKING FOR THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS. OUR ENDLESS CHALLENGES MADE US BETTER LEADERS AND MORE SYMPATHETIC PERSONS. GOD WANTS US TO DEVELOP A HEART FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE UNDERPRIVILEDGED. GOD HAS MADE OUR MINISTRY SO UNIQUELY DIFFERENT WE GO OUT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS AND COMPEL AND FORCE THE GOSPEL IN LOVE. THE COUPLE SAYS THEY ENJOY HELPING OTHER PEOPLE TO EXCEL TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN GOD. I REMEMBER WHEN GOD PUT SOMEONE IN MY PATH TO MAKE ME BE THE WOMEN OF GOD I AM NOW. AND I DON'T FORGET LIKE SOME OTHERS DO. THEY FORGET WHERE GOD HAVE BROUGHT THEM FROM. ITS NOT ALL ABOUT YOU, IT IS ALL ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. THE AARONS SAYS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE OUR EFFORT TO PROMOTE GOODWILL, TO HELP EASE TENSION AND CONFLICT WITHIN THE GREATER COLUMBUS, OHIO AREA. AND WE APPRECIATE OUR CURRENT, SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR HELP. IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, HUNDREDS OF YOUNG LIVES ARE BEING TURNED FROM VIOLENCE, CRIME AND DRUGS THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF TAKE IT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY. GOD HAS LED US TO PUT UP TENTS IN THE ROUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF GOD, WITH MUSIC, GAMES AND PRIZES, THESE INNOVATED MINISTERS GET THE ATTENTION OF CHILDREN AND TEENS, BY SHOWING THEM THE TRUGH IN THE BIBLE. INSTEAD OF LEARNING HATRED, THESE KIDS ARE LEARNING BIBLE STORIES ABOUT LOVE, SHARING, CARING AND FORGIVENESS. INSTEAD OF TAKING DRUGS, THEY ARE TAKING SCRIPTURES TO THEIR APARTMENTS, SCHOOLS, WORK AND LOVE ONES AND APPLYING THE WORD TO THEIR EVERY DAY LIFES. THESE TENT REVIVALS ARE HELPING MANY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, WORK AND FATHERS GOING BACK HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. THIS IS A ROUGH MINISTRY. I MUST THANK ALL THE PASTORS FOR HELPING ME AND MY HUSBAND MAKE THIS WORK. THESE WERE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DID NOT TRY TO ABORT THE VISION BUT SUPPORT THE VISION. GOD HAS GIVEN HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS THE MOUNT VERNON AREA. FOR YEARS, GANG BANGERS, DRUG DEALERS, AND VIOLENT CRIMINALS RAN THESE STREETS AND TERRIFIED THE RESIDENTS.. THE LORD TOLD MY HUSBAND AND I TO SET UP A TENT AT ONE OF THE WORST INTERSECTIONS AND OPENED THE TENT AS A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP WITH REAL PEOPLE OF GOD. THE FIRST WEEK WE RAN THE TENT MEETING, TEENAGE BOYS WAS RIDING UP AND DOWN THE MOUNT VERNON DRIVING BY SHOOTING. BUT WE STAYED AND PRAYED EVEN THE MORE AND GOD DID NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO GET HURT. MATTER OF FACT THE POLICE CAME TO ME AND MY HUSBAND AND SAID THAT THE CRIME RATE HAS WENT DOWN SINCE THE TENT WAS ON THE MOUNT VERNON AVENUE. WE HAD COPS AND UNCOVER COPS WHO CAME TO BE BLESSED AND TO BE A BLESSING. HERE, PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND BACKROUNDS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO REFURBISH THE MOUNT VERNON AREA,WHILE THEY STUDY THE BIBLE AND REACH OUT TO HELP THEIR PEERS. AT THE RADICAL TENT MEETINGS, THE HOMELESS, THE THOSE WHO WERE ABUSED SEXUALLY,MENTALLY,PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. CHILDREN CAME UNDER THE TENT WHO HAD NOT EVEN ATE, SOME CAME AND DID NOT EVEN HAVE A DECENT PAIR OF SHOES ON, BABIES WITHOUT DIAPERS, ALL WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER, EVEN THE BLACKSLIDDEN CHRISTIANS WHO LEAD DEVOTION WITH SINGING, DANCING AND TESTIFYING ABOUT THE LIFE-CHANGING POWER OF JESUS CHRIST. THOSE WHO USE TO RUN THE STREETS WHO GOD DELIVERED AND SET FREE, WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND DELIVER A STREET LEVEL MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST, AND HIS SAVING GRACE. THE IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS LIVES IS COMPLETELY CHANGING THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. TAKE IT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY IS HOOKING UP WITH ALL STREET MINISTERS IN THE COLUMBUS OHIO AREA TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS ONE DAY AT A TIME.
TAKING BACK THE INNER CITIES FOR JESUS
EACH DAY THE MINISTRY PROVIDED BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER AROUND ABOUT 150 DAYS. I WISHED WE COULD OF FED 365 DAYS BUT FUNDS HAD EXALTED. OUR OUTREACH PROJECT RECEIVED MANY CLOTHES AND OTHER ITEMS THOUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM VERY GENEROUS DONORS IN COLUMBUS, ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE SEASON-APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, AS WELL AS SHOES AND COATS TO OUR NEIGHBORS COMING TO US WITHOUT ENOUGH ITEMS TO SUSTAIN THEM PROPERLY. OUR VOLUNTEERS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY. INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS FROM THE COMMUNITY GAVE THEIR TIME IN MANY WAYS, SUCH AS PREPARING MEALS, SORTING CLOTHING DONATIONS, TUTORING. OVER 25 COMMITTED PEOPLE FROM THIS COMMUNITY HELPED HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. THIS MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF 25 INDIVIDUALS, CONCERNED CITIZENS ACTING ON THEIR OWN SENSE OF OBLIGATION TO SERVE, 10 CHURCHES OFFERING THEIR SERVICE BASED ON THEIR BELIEF TO FOLLOW JESUS DIRECTION TO SERVE, AS WELL AS 7 OTHER COMMUNITY, SCHOOLS AND CIVIC GROUPS THAT HAVE A DESIRE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. OUR OUTREACH PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HELPING OUR SINGLE ADULT MALE POPULATION WHO JUST CAME OUT OF PRISION AND THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ANY TYPE OF ADDICTION. WE HELP FIND JOBS,HELP BROTHERS GET FREE FROM ANY TYPE OF ADDICTION AND FROM HOMELESSNESS TO SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT. OUR HOUSE OF SHELTER WHERE WE RESIDE PROVIDED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO REGAIN THE FOCUS FOR THEIR LIVES. IN ADDITION TO MATERIAL ITEMS NECESSARY TO MEET THEIR DAILY NEEDS (PERSONAL CARE/HYGIENE ITEMS, DIAPERS, FORMULA, LINENS, ETC.) MY HOME HAS PROVIDED LIFE-IMPROVING SERVICES TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE IN REESTABLISHING THEIR LIVES IN A SOLID AND SUPPORTED ATMOSPHERE; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, JOB REFERRALS AND INFORMATION, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS, REFERRALS TO MANY LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS, RECOVERY MEETINGS, SUPPORT GROUPS ON VARIOUS TOPICS, MENTAL HEALTH CARE REFERRALS, AND INDIVIDUALIZED PLANNING FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY. IN ADDITION, HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS OFFER SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE TO EACH PERSON WHO WANTS IT. WE COUNSEL AND MINISTER TO PEOPLE EVERY MONDAY AT 750 N. HIGH STREET. WE ARE VERY STRONG WITH FOLLOW UP. WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN JUST LEAVING PEOPLE HANGING. HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS ARE KNOWN STRONGLY FOR PUTTING UP TENTS ALL OVER THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. WE ARE BELIEVING GOD TO TAKE THE TENT MEETING TO ATLANTA AND NEW YORK CITY, WOULD YOU PRAY WITH US FOR THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD IN OUR LIFES. WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN JUST SITTING IN A CHURCH BUILDING WARMING UP A CHURCH PEW. WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN LAYING HANDS, PROPHESYING TO THE SAME ONES EACH WEEK. WE BELIEVE IN GOING OUT AND MAKING DISCIPLES FOR JESUS CHRIST. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO GO OUT WITH OTHER STAFF TO WITNESS TO THE LOVE JESUS, THE LOVE OF THE CHURCH, AND TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD, HOT/COLD DRINKS, AND SCRIPTURE TRACTS TO THOSE WHO COME. GROUP, FAMILIES, AND INDIVIDUALS TO PERIODICALLY MAKE SANDWICHES OR TO BE ABLE TO COOK A HOT DISH VOLUNTEERS TO FIND BAKERIES, STORES, ETC. TO DONATE FOOD, PAPER GOODS, ETC. PEOPLE, WHO CAN PICK UP AND DELIVER FOOD, SANDWICHES. FAMILIES, GROUPS, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN OFFER PRAYER SUPPORT. NEW BENEFACTORS WHO WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT THE ADDED EXPENSE THAT HIS PARTICULAR MINISTRY WLL CREATE FOR HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS MINISTRY.
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