Our vision is to see all men, women, and children healthy, whole, and successful through Jesus Christ and the transforming power of the gospel. In essence, we work toward restoring the lives that God intended for us to live by offering help to those wishing to overcome the challenges of homelessness, poverty and addiction.

We provide a methodical process designed to restore dignity and wholeness to all who desire it. We first aim to meet the physical issues facing those who come to the Mission, including hunger, shelter, and medical assistance. Once physical needs are meet, we strive to build community with any who seek it. Building community and trust allows our intake specialists and case workers to hold meaningful discussions about the challenges being faced by our clients. For those seeking help, we can then direct them to any number of programs, depending on their circumstances, that will help restore lives. Programs include, but are not limited to, temporary/transitional housing, dental services, medical services, treatment for issues of mental health, tax or legal issues, addiction recovery services, life skills training, job skills and interviewing training, exercise, discipleship programs, occupational training programs, and more. As mentioned earlier, our goal is to restore lives that God intended all of us to lead.

We have a number of physical plant locations that address the widespread needs faced by our clients and students. Our Men's Campus in St. Paul houses our main dining room as well as our emergency and transitional housing. It also houses our addiction recovery program (phases 3 and 4) and our discipleship program. Lastly, it contains our Central Services warehouse which processes all of our food and clothing donations used at all of our locations. Also in St. Paul, we operate the Naomi Family Residence, which provides safe shelter for women and children without a permanent home, many of whom are escaping abuse. This provides transitional housing for families as moms benefit from our life skills and job search training, while the children are cared for in the safe environment provided by our Child Development Center a half-block away. Our Ober Community Center in the Frogtown/Rondo neighborhood is a place that provides sports and recreational opportunities for neighborhood kids as well as programming for the entire family; our goal here is to provide an alternative to families in the neighborhood that will help break the cycle of gangs, drugs and crime in a nurturing environment where kids can learn more about God and his Son if they desire. We also have an Asian Ministries Center on St. Paul's East side that provides a safe and nurturing environment for kids from elementary school to young adults; they receive help with homework, play games and hear stories from the Bible. This builds on the strong family culture in the St. Paul Asian community and provides support for school and family goals. Our camp in Shoreview, Minnesota provides outdoor space for all of our programs to utilize, whether it's for kids' outdoor play or staff meetings. Also in Shoreview we have a facility that serves our Phase 1 and 2 addiction recovery program. Lastly, we have outreach through a number of programs that either provide additional services to our students or reach other constituents in need, such as our support for the Good in the Hood program in Minneapolis, through whom we distribute nearly 20,000 Thanksgiving meals to those in need.

All of our metrics are outlined in our financial statements document which is also uploaded on this site, and we would encourage you to review the numbers of people we assist each year. Some very real evidence of our progress are through the monthly graduations we hold for people who are completing our programing in life skills are job skills, or those women who graduate from the programming at the Naomi Family residence. The testimonies of people who have hit rock bottom only to be restored through the grace of God are truly awe-inspiring. We also share much of these same metrics and testimonies in our annual report, which can be found posted on our website under Accountability. Some of the yearly metrics we monitor are: (1) the total number of meals we serve, (2) the number of men served in our men's housing facilities, (3) the number of men we serve in our recovery program, (4) the number of men we serve in our discipleship program, (5) the number of women and children housed at our family residence, (6) the number of patients we serve and procedures we complete at our free dental clinic, (7) the number of children served at our Ober and Eastside community centers, (8) the number of children served at our day care center, (9) the number of volunteers who serve in a variety of roles at the Mission, (10) the number of total hours our volunteers serve, and more. In addition, we hold a meeting each April of donors who wish to attend called Celebration of Hope, during which we review the progress from the previous year and share our goals for the coming one.

Briefly, we have met our revenue goals for the last two years and have some aggressive goals for the coming year. We are able to accomplish this thanks to the enduring loyalty from our generous donors, who continue to believe in our mission and in how we have not wavered from that mission since our founding in 1902. We do look forward to the future and are always looking at how we can employ best practices in a fundraising environment that is undergoing significant change, and we are committed to keeping pace with those changes, because our community will be counting on it. We are also beginning to research the possibility of improving our facilities, whether that is enhancing the existing facilities we have or whether a new facility would be a better option, as we try and anticipate the future needs of our community and how best we meet those needs.