The Mississippi Lighthouse girls live in the Boone Dormitory which was constructed in 1983. This warm family setting encourages the development of Christian character as broken lives are mended. It can house up to 40 girls and has a six-room apartment for the dorm parents, Ron & Tara Black.

Ron & Tara Black are fine Christians from Akron, Ohio. They are out of Harmony Baptist Church in Tallmadge where Bernard Christy is pastor. Ron served on the Summit County Sheriff's Department as a deputy for 10 years. Ron and his wife worked on the Harmony Baptist Church bus route for 5 plus years. God began speaking to Ron and Tara in November 2004 about coming to minister at the Lighthouse Children's Home. After much prayer, visiting here two times, observing and receiving counsel from their pastor, they knew that becoming dorm parents was God's perfect will for their lives.

Click here to view fellowship time in the Dining Hall after preaching and singing at the 2005 Camp Meeting.

The new multi-purpose building, Faith Gym, is 100'x150', and when construction is finished, the Lighthouse Christian Academy will be housed here along with a gym, recreation room, mission's apartment, exercise room, a kitchen and two large bathrooms with showers! Faith Gym has been built totally by people and Churches donating time and funds.

Here are the girls enjoying this new facility: