ABOUT US

Mission

To empower survivors of domestic violence to gain hope and healing through Jesus Christ.

Vision

To equip survivors, bystanders, and churches in fully relying on God, our healer, through the power of the Holy Spirit
to minister to individuals affected by domestic violence though compassionate, trauma-informed care.

Scope of Ministry

To provide professional and peer support for survivors of domestic violence through support groups, spiritual care, and trauma counseling referrals. 

To provide trauma-informed education to churches to equip pastors, staff, and lay workers in effectively and holistically ministering to survivors of domestic violence. 

Shine a Light was founded in early 2013 by Jessica Moser, who felt God calling her to support victims and survivors of domestic violence after her own experience with an abusive relationship. Jessica is passionate about 'showing up' and sharing the love of Jesus with those who have also experienced abuse. 

Shine a Light stands in the gap by providing domestic violence education to church and community leaders, as well as support for victims, survivors, families and helpers.

In September of 2013, Shine a Light hosted a community education seminar at a local church in Charlotte, NC. Its purpose was to bring awareness to pastors, church volunteers, Christian counselors, and others partners in the community. Immediately following the seminar, a small group was formed at another local church to help provide support to women and teens impacted by abuse. 

The ministry expanded in early 2014, as Shine a Light launched a new chapter in St. Petersburg, FL. The St. Petersburg chapter has thrived under the guidance of wonderful volunteers, and with the support of partner churches who have provided financial provision and other invaluable resources, including referring victims and survivors to our program for help.

 Core Values

Prayer: Intercessory prayer for those affected by abusive relationships 

• Romans 8:26- Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, nut the Spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 

• Romans 12:12- Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 

• James 5:16- Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Compassion: Concern and care for those affected by abusive relationships.

• Psalm 121:1-2- I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 

• Matthew 11:28- Come to be all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

• Galatians 6:2- Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 

Hope: Joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation and restoration. 

• Psalm 130:7- O’ Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him there is plentiful redemption. 

• Jerimiah 29:11- For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 

• Romans 5:2- Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice on hope of the glory of God. 

• Romans 8:24-25- For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes in what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 

• Romans 12:12- Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 

• Romans 15:13- May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 

• 2 Corinthians 1:10- He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. 

• Hebrews 10:23- Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 

• 1 Peter 1:3- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 

Healing: God, our healer and sanctifier, through the death of Jesus Christ on the cross and his resurrection, made provisions to heal our mortal bodies and free us from bondage. 

• Exodus 15:26- “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God and do that which is right in his eyes and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord your healer.” 

• Isaiah 53:4-5- Surely, he has born our griefs and carried our sorrows…But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”

• Isaiah 61:1- “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.”

• Romans 8:18-21- For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing got the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corrupting and obtaining the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 

• 2 Corinthians 3:17- Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 

• 1 Peter 2:24- He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you are healed. 

Healthy Relationships: Education and support to restore ourselves to our full potential in Christ and strengthen our relationships with others. 

• Romans 12:10- Love on another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 

• 1 Corinthians 12:24b-25- But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 

• 2 Corinthians 13:11- Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 

• Ephesians 4:1-3- I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge toy to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, ear to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

• Hebrews 10:24- Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works. 

• 1 John 1:7- But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.