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THE TORCH TRUST is a Christian organisation with a worldwide vision for people with sight loss.

DAILY BIBLE READING

For Tuesday 09 February 2010

I stand at the door and knock. If anyone... opens the door, I will come in Rev 3:20

PRAYER DIARY

For Tuesday 09 February 2010

Pray for the wise use of money and for God’s continuing provision.

2010 - Torch Year of Promise

Posted: 5th January 2010 by Dr Gordon Temple

A New Year message from Torch CEO Dr Gordon Temple

During 2009 Torch Trust celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. Our vision, our passion has been and remains that every blind or partially sighted person may:

explore and discover the Christian faith
grow as a Christian
have a fulfilling devotional life
join a church of their choice
develop their invaluable God-given gifting
contribute to the life of the church

We have experienced the faithfulness of God in the 50-year story of Torch. Our sights are now on the future, our faith strengthened by our experience of God’s faithfulness in the past.

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TORCH TRUST, based in the UK but operating internationally, serves blind and partially sighted people:

producing Christian literature in formats they can read;
promoting Christian fellowship with and among them;
encouraging churches to fully include them and enabling their participation;
supporting them in any area of Christian spirituality

The aim of TORCH TRUST is to overcome sight loss as a barrier to finding personal faith in Christ and living a fulfilled Christian life.

Torch Fellowship Groups meet at 125 locations across the UK. Search our downloadable directory [link] to find the one nearest to you. TORCH TRUST also runs holidays, house parties and retreats especially for blind and partially sighted people, mostly based at their own Torch Holiday and Retreat Centre in Sussex.

TORCH TRUST produces Christian literature in audio, Braille, giant print and electronic formats. The range includes Bibles, Bible portions, daily Bible readings, scripture text calendars, hymn and song books, tactile greetings cards and magazines. The Torch Library (see the Literature page) is a free postal service giving blind and partially sighted readers access to over 3,500 Christian titles including many biographies and other bestsellers in a mix of audio cassette, DAISY disc, Braille and giant print.

Much of what TORCH TRUST does is offered free of charge to blind and partially sighted people who meet generally accepted criteria. Where a charge is made, it is simply to defray costs. We believe blind or partially sighted people should not be expected to pay substantially more for reading materials than sighted people do — even though costs of producing accessible formats are often much higher than standard print costs.

Support Torch

If you would like to support the work of Torch, please visit our support area

CONTACT US to receive regular news updates and information for prayer, to find out how you can volunteer with us, to make donations, to access free literature for a blind or partially sighted person, or to make a link with your local Torch Fellowship Group.