Statements
Mission
Nashville Rescue Mission exists to provide hope for today, hope for tomorrow, and hope for eternity to the hungry, homeless, and hurting.
Background
In 1954, Nashville Rescue Mission opened its doors to provide food, clothing, and shelter to homeless men in the Nashville community. In 1968, the Mission expanded to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of homeless women and children in the community. Nashville Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered community providing hope for today, hope for tomorrow, and hope for eternity to the hungry, homeless, and hurting.
Impact
The Mission's work is making a daily difference to those experiencing homelessness, hunger, and hurt in this community. The Mission serves over 1,500 nutritious meals each day and shelters 800 people safely each night. Last year, the Mission also provided 21,947 counseling and crisis care sessions from qualified professionals, and volunteers generously gave over 12,000 hours of service to help our guests The lasting, transformational impact seen at Nashville Rescue Mission includes witnessing chronically homeless men and women transition into permanent housing; the single mother escaping domestic violence while seeking safe shelter for herself and her children, broken families experiencing reconciliation and being reunited, men and women once battling addictions now overcoming them and finding new life in Christ.
Needs
There is always an opportunity to help someone in need. Donations, whether it is financial or through material goods (canned or dry food items, clothing, toiletries, etc.), go a long way in helping the men, women, and children who are served by Nashville Rescue Mission. Additional opportunities to help include: volunteering to serve a meal, teach a class, facilitate a Bible study, assist in a computer lab, mentor an adult student seeking their HSE, speak at a chapel service, or help in any number of other areas. The Mission is also always on the lookout for top talent to join our team. Almost any skill or passion can be utilized in an employment capacity at the Mission.
CEO Statement
Nashville Rescue Mission exists to help others know the saving grace of Jesus, gain wisdom for living, find fulfillment in life, and become a positive part of the community.
At Nashville Rescue Mission, we focus on three distinct areas of ministry:
* Hope for Today
* Hope for Tomorrow
* Hope for Eternity
Hope for Today is meeting a person's emergency needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter.
Hope for Tomorrow takes it to the next step. Once immediate needs are met, through case management, we assess an individual's situation and develop a plan just for them to help them get out of their current situation and make plans for tomorrow.
Hope for Eternity is the banner under which we operate. We will always show radical hospitality and point those in need of hope to the one who is the source of hope-Jesus Christ.
I am honored to be the seventh CEO in Nashville Rescue Mission's 70-year+ history. This legacy of leadership is a tribute to the mission's success and stability and to the belief in the importance of our ministry held in common with us by our supporters and volunteers over the past decades. Personally, I am truly humbled to lead the incredibly talented and dedicated people who work for and volunteer at the Mission.
It is a joy and privilege to serve with a Board of Directors genuinely concerned about the homeless and hurting in our community. The Mission is Christ's hands extended to the hurting, homeless, and poor of Middle Tennessee. Only eternity will reveal the true impact on the men, women, and children who come through our doors each day. Lives have been transformed, families have been restored, jobs have been secured, housing has been found, relationships have been mended, and souls have been added to the Kingdom.
Hope Lives Here--it's not just a tagline at Nashville Rescue Mission. We truly are in the business of giving people who are hungry, hurting, and experiencing homelessness--Hope for Today, Hope for Tomorrow, and Hope for Eternity.
Service Categories |
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| Primary Category: | Housing, Shelter - Homeless Shelters |
| Secondary Category: | Religion- Related - Christianity |
| Tertiary Category: | Human Services - Travelers' Aid |
Areas Served
As Nashville continues to see exponential growth with hundreds moving here every month, we are blessed to be available to an increasing population in need throughout Middle Tennessee, 24/7/365, through the support of our caring community of volunteers, donors, corporations, foundations, and churches.
| TN - Cannon |
| TN - Cheatham |
| TN - Clay |
| TN - Coffee |
| TN - Cumberland |
| TN - Davidson |
| TN - DeKalb |
| TN - Dickson |
| TN - Fentress |
| TN - Franklin |
| TN - Giles |
| TN - Hickman |
| TN - Houston |
| TN - Humphreys |
| TN - Jackson |
| TN - Lawrence |
| TN - Lewis |
| TN - Lincoln |
| TN - Macon |
| TN - Marshall |
| TN - Maury |
| TN - Montgomery |
| TN - Moore |
| TN - Overton |
| TN - Perry |
| TN - Pickett |
| TN - Putnam |
| TN - Robertson |
| TN - Rutherford |
| TN - Smith |
| TN - Stewart |
| TN - Sumner |
| TN - Trousdale |
| TN - Van Buren |
| TN - Warren |
| TN - Wayne |
| TN - White |
| TN - Williamson |
| TN - Wilson |
