A Brighter Day Ministries - Humanitarian Aid and Orphanage Ministry
A Brighter Day Ministries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization and all gifts are tax deductible.  We are governed by a responsible board of directors, all of whom are volunteer staff members.  Our board meets to establish policies, approve budgets, and review ministry accomplishments.
 
Director :  Dr. Terry W. Essex
Location:  7500 Frederick Pike, Dayton, OH  45414
Phone:  937-371-1134
 
We encourage evangelical church mission teams to come to our compound in Haiti and preach the Gospel, spend time with the orphan children, and minister to the indigenous people, but only as long as they agree with our Statement of Faith:
 
  • We believe the Holy Bible is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God (2 Tim. 3:15-17). 
  • We believe that there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6). 
  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1-4).
  • We believe in His virgin birth (Matthew 1:23).
  • We believe in His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15).
  • We believe in His teachings (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John).
  • We believe in His miracles (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John).
  • We believe in His vicarious sin atoning death through His shed blood (I Corinthians 15:3).
  • We believe in His bodily resurrection (I Corinthians 15:4).
  • We believe in His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:11, Eph. 1:20-21).
  • We believe that one day He will return in power and glory and set up His Kingdom on earth (Philippians 2:5-11).
  • We believe that repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ is the ONLY way of salvation and eternal life is available to all who believe in Him (John 3:16-18).
  • We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit and by His power we have unity in our Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the Church ( Ephesians 1:22-23; I Corinthians 12:12, 27). 
  • We believe that His indwelling presence enables the believer to live a life pleasing to God (Galatians 5:16-18; Romans 8:9; John 14:16-26).  
  • We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment (Revelation 20:11-15; I Corinthians 15:51-57).  
  • We believe that we are called to help orphan children.  "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world" (James 1:27).
  • We believe that the Lord has commanded us to be involved in foreign missions. "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.  Amen" (Matthew 28:19-20).
  • We believe in order to show King Jesus that we love Him we must help those who are in need.  "Then shall the King say unto them on the right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" (Matthew 25:35-40).