LifeLight Communications is a non-profit ministry based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota dedicated to taking the church outside of the walls through tours & concerts, student ministries, missions, radio, outreach events and festivals. The best known aspect of their ministry is the LifeLight Music Festival, a free, annual Christian Music Festival held over Labor Day weekend in Worthing, South Dakota. History LifeLight Communications was founded in 1998 by Alan and Vicki Greene. It started with the first LifeLight Festival which was held on a local church lawn. By 2001, the Greenes decided to pursue full-time ministry. They have 14 staff and focus on five main facets of ministry: Festivals, Student Ministries, Tours/Concerts, Missions, and Radio. The term LifeLight was taken from the Bible verse John 8:12-Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but have the Light of Life." Mission The mission of LifeLight Communications is to take the church outside the walls by uniting churches and ministries together to achieve the three main goals of their ministry, "Reaching", "Raising" and "Sending" people locally and internationally to receive and advance the gospel. Ministries Festivals The annual LifeLight Music Festival is the best known aspect of the ministry. It started on a local church lawn in 1998 then moved to the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds in 2001. It outgrew the Fairgrounds and moved to Wild Water West in 2005. In 2010, it moved to a permanent home located on farmland near Worthing, South Dakota and hosted an estimated 300,000 people during the three days of the festival. The LifeLight model has expanded with a new 1 day festival in Bethany, Missouri and four festivals and two pastors conferences hosted in April 2010 in Karachi & Hyderabad, Pakistan. Student Ministries According to their website, the mission of their student ministries, which is called Souled Out Ministries, is to expose every teenager in our area to Jesus Christ and to connect them to a local church. Their goal is to not only REACH a generation of teenagers for Christ but also to RAISE a generation of leaders for Him. A three-part strategy is in place to help this happen. 1. UNITE teens, churches, pastors, youth workers and community leaders for the mission and for support. We accomplish this through citywide events, prayer gatherings, network luncheons, and campus ministry training. 2. TRAIN students, parents and Christian