Rebuilding the “Most Dangerous City” in America

Dear Friends,

First off I want to thank all of you for taking the time to read this letter and I pray that God’s love is evident in your life today. For those of you that know me, even if only from doing public ministry you know that God has one redeemed me through our Lord Jesus Christ from the life of inner city crime and two placed me back there with a burden to serve the people of the inner city. These past years I have been traveling all over the country and even the world sharing the hope of Jesus in many cities, without neglect of my city but with no plan to really help “Rebuild” my city, St. Louis. Since the arrival of “LA Gang Members” and crack cocaine between 1986-1989, Saint Louis has been in the top ten of “Most Dangerous Cities” in America topping the list 3 out of 10. As of last year the crime rate reached an alarming peek with November 2010 having “one of the highest crime percent in years.” The Lord has since increased my burden for my hometown and my local church by a million, not only increasing the burden but also giving me a vision to help “Rebuild Saint Louis.” After going through the scriptures (Isaiah 58:12, Jer. 29:4-7, Nehemiah) I saw the heart of God was to see not only the church “rebuilt, but also peoples lives and the city rebuilt.” From that we have Rebuild:STL a program started to help “Rebuild people, that Rebuild the church, that will Rebuild the city.” On this mission we need your help.

Short Term Goals:
1. Purchase a 12-passenger van - (Transport people to & from church, load up with bibles, cds, etc. to pass out in the city, do on the spot outreach)
2. House – (for office space, meeting space, to provide living for at least four people and shower space for homeless people, computers for job training and homework)
3. Money – Expenses (utilities, supply food, resources, help pay bills, etc.)
4. Volunteers from the St. Louis area to help serve. (Volunteer sign up meeting in March date TBA follow us on twitter for details @rebuildstl @thisl)
5. Prayer Team – List of people nationwide that prays for the work before us.

We do not go at this task lightly, we know that it is a huge work to be done and it will take the power of God to make the change. Our plan is to go at this with the plan Jesus laid out in Matthew 28:19, “make disciples.” We have a core group that we meet with and train every Thursday of faithful men (2 Tim 2:1-2) that have a heart for God and His people. Our prayer is that God would take that faithfulness and multiply it until we see hundreds and even thousands of “rebuilt” people in our city. We need your prayers, we need your financial support, and if you live in the metro area we need your time. God bless!

Travis Thi’sl Tyler
Let’s Rebuild the City!
@REbuildstl @thisl