About

MediaLight is a Christian leadership, missions and media production program headquartered at our base in Northern Thailand. The parent ministry behind MediaLight is Emerge Missions, Inc. a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization recognized by the U.S. IRS to receive tax- deductible donations. Emerge is focused upon the evangelism of children and youth and the development of emerging Christian leaders from developing nations, particularly in Asia. Emerge also assists young leaders in the startup phase of their outreach ministries and seeks to provide ongoing mentoring through the Emerge Network.

Emerge and MediaLight have a partnership agreement with several ministries of excellence such as the UCB Initiative for Asia (a broadcast affiliate of UCB Media International providing radio, internet and print media for the Philippines) & Media Village (a multi-awarded media production house and training school headquartered in Cape Town, SA). These relationships provide us a rich pool of talented media professionals as our instructors and allow our ministries to assist each other in many practical ways. Our leaders at MediaLight are Dr. Chuck and Sherry Quinley, who have 20 years experience in Asia as church and radio network planters and graduate school president. They insure that our training is both practical and academically respectable. MediaLight is an intensive, skills and experience- based program not an academic, degree-granting college.

Media as a tool to build just societies
Media is an important vehicle for carrying information that is spiritually important and is also a vital part in the establishment of basic human rights in emerging nations. The more transparent a society is, the more responsible the government will be. MediaLight hopes to assist nations in their developmental path from closed, vertical-powered societies to open ones that better reflect the kind of Justice God intends for the poor and the marginalized in every nation. All this is part of His Kingdom coming to bring peace to our world.

Why “Media-Light?”
We chose the name for two reasons, First, because media is a great source of revelation in our generation. It is the new global language. Every important idea is discussed in media and debated in that arena. The second reason for the name is that we do not intend to be “Media Heavy.” We have great equipment, use Apple computers and Final Cut software and have highly qualified teachers but we aren’t hung up on expensive equipment. The internet means that everyone can now produce and distribute media made with affordable equipment and a simple laptop computer. The point is to become skillful in telling a powerful story and to target that message at a specific group of people whose habits and attitudes you know well. We all need to learn how to use media in daily communication to make our messages more powerful. That’s what MediaLight is all about.

Training in media for influence in this visual generation
A shift has happened in the last few years. A shift away from books and towards screens. This is a visual generation.   Always connected, they want to be shown, not told.   Nothing has the power to bring revelation like story does.   80% of the Bible is story.  God knows its power and the church has to re-learn the ancient art of storytelling.  At MediaLight we will polish our craft of storytelling and use it to convey God’s message to this emerging generation.

Developing genuine relationships among young leaders of the global church
Visionary young leaders are emerging in Asia. These are leaders with a unique story of redemption, a broken heart for their people & a relentless passion to turn the tides of social injustice & demonic oppression in their nation. Emerge and MediaLight value provide opportunities for young leaders to connect and build authentic relationships that intertwine their stories and empower them to be agents of change in their world. Ten weeks at MediaLight can yield working relationships that last a lifetime.