Opening our home since 2012
We are Gladstone and Corrine Brown, husband and wife. Rays of Light Ministry is our home, our work, and our calling: restoring health and sharing the gospel, one guest at a time.
How it began
Before the retreat
Gladstone started Rays of Light Ministry in 2012 as a Christian media ministry, born to use media to share the gospel. The health work came later, when he came to understand the eight laws of health. He didn’t only want to live them. He wanted to teach others to live them too.
Serving together
In 2019 Corrine joined the work, and Rays of Light became a ministry we share. As a medical missionary, she brought her own heart for healing and teaching. Side by side, we began teaching cooking classes, health seminars, and Bible studies in churches and communities.
The day we said yes
We read these words in Ellen G. White’s The Ministry of Healing, and we knew what we had to do: “There are precious opportunities for those who will make their homes a blessing to others ... the poor and the sick.” So we opened our home, so that people could come, rest, and learn to live well.
Our first guests
After we married, we were living in a one-bedroom apartment, but that didn’t stop us from welcoming our first guest. We gave up our own bedroom so our guest could have it, and we learned what self-sacrifice means. We learned to work with what we had until God opened the doors. And in 2022, He did.
Our move to Virginia
In 2022 we moved from Maryland to Virginia. We wanted to live in the country, and the move was good for our budget too. Our guests love the quiet and the time in nature.
Where we are today
Today Rays of Light Ministry is a home health retreat in the Virginia countryside. Guests stay with us for 10, 14, or 18 days to rest, enjoy simple plant-based meals, learn healthy habits, and grow closer to God. We still teach in churches and communities, we make our herbal products and natural skin care by hand, and we share what we learn on our blog. Wherever God leads next, our prayer stays the same: to share His hope and help you live well.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.3 JOHN 1:2, KJV
Meet us
Gladstone Brown
DIRECTOR
Gladstone founded Rays of Light Ministry in 2012 to share the gospel. He loves teaching the eight laws of health and showing guests how simple daily habits and trust in God fit together.
Corrine Brown
CO-DIRECTOR AND MEDICAL MISSIONARY
Corrine joined the ministry in 2019. As a medical missionary, she loves teaching guests simple, practical ways to care for their health and walking alongside them each day of their stay.
What we believe
God cares about all of you
Body, mind, and spirit. We start with hope and trust in Him, and everything else follows from there.
Simple things, done daily
Good food, water, fresh air, sunshine, rest. We teach small steps you can keep up when you go home.
We work alongside your doctor
We teach and encourage. We do not replace medical care, and we ask every guest to keep working with their doctor.
What we do today
Make things by hand
Herbs and natural skin care, made in small batches in our kitchen.
Visit the shopWe would love to meet you
The best way to get to know us is to talk. Book a free 15-minute call and ask us anything.