Our History

A brief history of the Torch of Salvation Ministry. In November 2005, after spending several days praying and seeking God’s direction for my long-term ministry, God showed me that my life plan is to fulfill the Great Commission, taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. Thus, in March 2006, in a meeting with 14 members of the congregation in a room, we launched the vision and began the work in the city of Sancti Spíritus. We dedicated the first five years of our ministry to establishing the local church, which we called the Torch of Salvation. In 2010, several churches in the area joined us, and we began a regional work that shaped our vision as a parachurch ministry. We established this ministry with the purpose of uniting churches in a geographic area to hold evangelistic events, revitalize churches, and plant new ones. To date, we have conducted more than 30 evangelistic campaigns with foreigners and Cubans in central Cuba. More than 10,000 people have accepted Christ as their Savior. We have trained approximately 200 pastors and missionaries and helped found more than 20 churches. At the same time, through these churches, we have assisted more than 1,200 low-income families with food and medicine, and many churches with transportation and meeting facilities. Seeing the impact of the ministry, pastors and brothers from the United States recommended that we establish it as an international ministry in the United States, with the intention of taking this work beyond our country’s borders. Thus, on March 20, 2019, we founded TOSI (Torch of Salvation International) in Vienna, USA. Since then, we have supported churches in the following areas:

1. Evangelism

2. Planting new churches

3. Leadership training

4. Social assistance

5. Helping to create logistical facilities.

In the area where we began our first ministry model, a movement of evangelization and new church planting was generated, which continues to this day. The most beautiful thing is that, although we continue to support them, they no longer need our intervention or leadership. The pastors and leaders have acquired the skills to organize and work toward fulfilling the Great Commission applied to their local context. Today, our vision is to implement this strategy in many other places around the world. Our main objective is to inspire, mobilize, equip, and engage churches to spread the gospel in their communities and generate an autonomous and replicable movement. We have many dreams, few resources, but great trust in the God of whom we can say “Ebenezer” (God has helped us this far). We still have a long way to go; we ask you to join us in this vision of God to continue working in His name and for His glory.