Ministries

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Many people do not realize that bonded labor and forms of modern slavery still exist in parts of the Muslim world. In Pakistan, one common form is found in brick kiln communities, where poor families become trapped in cycles of crushing debt.

Families often fall into debt because of illness, emergencies, poverty, or other financial hardship. In desperation, they may take a high-interest loan from a brick kiln owner. If they cannot repay it, the entire family can be forced into bonded labor, working in brick yards or stone quarries to pay off the debt.

In reality, freedom is extremely difficult to reach. Families are often charged inflated amounts for food, housing, and basic necessities, causing the debt to grow faster than it can be repaid. What begins as one loan can become a cycle of bondage that lasts for years or even generations.

In many cases, the only way out is for someone to pay the debt in full. Even then, efforts to free families can be dangerous, because kiln owners profit far more from keeping people trapped than from letting them go.

Pakistan is a 10/40 window mission field in itself. True Light Assemblies does its best to serve widows and orphans among themselves in an increasingly marginalized Pakistani Christian population. 

True Light Assemblies also runs a school for special needs children. This was actually one of their first ministries.