Serving & Loving Those in Need in Lexington
In 2023, your gifts made possible:
Meals Served
People provided warm beds and discipleship in our transitional homes
People assisted with re-entering the community after incarceration
People living on the streets connected to treatment programs
people clothed
homeless men, women, and children moved into permanent housing
people placed in jobs to provide for themselves and their families
people heard the Gospel at chapel services and Bible studies
Our History
In the fall of 2000, Jim and Becky Connell felt led by the Lord to start a ministry to the poor and homeless. In April 2001, Jim left his job in Columbus, Indiana, and moved to Lexington to start the Lexington Rescue Mission.
Four months later, the mission purchased a building on North Limestone with the help of a generous gift from a Lexington couple. On November 21, 2001, services started with a Thanksgiving banquet at Broadway Christian Church. The mission then opened its doors to anyone in need of food, clothing, and financial assistance and began offering Bible studies and chapel services for guests.
Over the years, the mission has grown and changed to meet the needs of those we serve. Today, people in need come to the mission for help with food, finding affordable housing, getting off the streets, connecting to treatment, getting back on their feet in our transitional housing, finding lasting employment, and re-entering the community after incarceration.
In all that we do, our vision remains the same: rebuilding broken lives on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ. Through Him, we see lives changed.
Our Timeline
Our Dedicated
Team
Allan Alvarez
Pastoral Care Coordinator
Mae Barbosa
Resource Coordinator
Brandon Best
Facilities Manager
Laura Carr
Executive Director
Helen Coulter
Administrative Assistant
Erin Cress
Director of Development
Renee Dodson
Circles Coordinator
Erica Dominguez
Director of Outreach Services
Benjamin Dunaway
Street Outreach Case Manager
Ernest Estes
Intake Coordinator, Maintenance Specialist
Mark Gamble
Employment Case Manager
Kendra Garey
Chief Operating Officer
Beth Gillock
Life Transformation Case Manager
Lee Hunter
Director of Life Transformation and Employment Services
Julius Johnson
Director of Re-Entry Services
Kristen Jones
Grant Writer
Jacob Kaylor
Development Coordinator
Kim livesay
Philanthropy Officer
Stephen Lyons
Project Peace Community Liaison
Alicia Merriman
HIP Coordinator
Doug Miller
Life Transformation House Coordinator
Dana Moussa
Project Peace Resource Specialist
Ted Osborn
Life Transformation Case Manager
cristy phillips
Life Transformation Case Manager
Jesse Pilgrim
Outreach Center Janitor
Alex Quinn
Re-Entry Mentor Coordinator
Tim Robbins
Re-Entry Case Manager
Zea Shipman
Volunteer Coordinator
Tammy Smith
Food Service Coordinator
Maria Sturgill
Life Transformation Care Coordinator
Daniel Vaughn
Kitchen Manager
Thomas Wallace
Pastoral Care Coordinator
Board of Directors
Gary Loucks, President - Vice President, Central Bank & Trust Co.
Trudi Matthews, Vice President - Senior Director of Quality and Value Strategy, UK Healthcare
Rob McBride, Secretary - Lending Officer, Guardian Savings Bank
Jennifer Allen, Treasurer - Consumer Real Estate Lending Officer, Whitaker Bank
Angelo Baez, Director - Federal Bank Examiner, Retired
Patrick Branam, Director - Lexington Division of Fire and Emergency Services
Nestor Gomez, Director - Pastor, Bluegrass Community Church
Kaleb Heitzman, Director - Director of Digital Learning, TCM International Institute
Wayne Logan, Director - Owner, Sagacity Coaching
Shea Luna, Director - Counsel, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Dr. Greg McMorrow, Director - Retired Physician
Dawn Norden, Director - Officer, Lexington Police Department
Joe Smith, Director - Chief Financial Officer, Fasig Tipton
James Wilder, Director - Information Technology Director, S&S Tire
Jeff Yeary, Director - H&W Hotels
Financials
The Mission is an interdenominational Christian non-profit organization that is governed by a local Board of Directors and is an accredited member of Citygate Network and the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Privacy Policy
Lexington Rescue Mission will not trade, share, or sell our donors' personal information with anyone else nor will we send our donors mailings on behalf of other organizations.
Our Statement
of Faith
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. This event we hold to be an experience, rather than a doctrinal supposition.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
We believe in the spiritual unity of the believers in Christ, and together they form one body, the CHURCH.
Lexington Rescue Mission
535 West Second St., Suite 105, Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 381-9600