Serving & Loving Those in Need in Lexington
in 2019, your gifts made possible:
Meals Served
Chapel Visits
Job Placements
Nights of Lodging
Life-Skill Graduates
Families Housed
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.
Since that time, the mission has grown and changed to meet the needs of those we serve. However, one thing remains the same: God is at work here, rebuilding broken lives.
Our Timeline
Our Dedicated
Team
Jim Connell
Executive Director
Seniora Burdette
Accounting Assistant
Becky Connell
Food Services Coordinator
Laura Carr
Chief Operating Officer
Helen Coulter
Administrative Assistant
Tammy Clay
Mission Cook
Yvette Davis
Development Coordinator
Sherry Dawson
Administrative Assistant
Renee Dodson
Advance Lexington Coordinator
Erica Dominguez
Director of Outreach Services
Norris Gerton
Mission Janitor
Christen Goosey
Rapid Rehousing Counselor
Lee Hunter
Director of Employment Services
Julius Johnson
Director of Re-Entry Services
Donna Junker
Pastoral Care Coordinator
Mark Kurtz
Director of Donor Relations
Kim livesay
Director of Development
Ansley mcelroy
VISTA Volunteer Coordinator
Jim Norton
VISTA Re-Entry Volunteer Coordinator
shanda oakley
Resource Coordinator
Tim Robbins
Re-Entry Case Manager
Delores Spencer
Administrative Assistant
Board of Directors
Gary Loucks, President – VP Commercial Mortgage Officer, Central Bank & Trust Co.
Elizabeth Royse, Vice President – Employment Services Manager, Netgain Technologies
Jeff Yeary, Secretary & Treasurer – Commercial Real Estate Broker, H&W Management
Allan Alvarez, Director – Pastor, Church of the Savior
Jim Connell, Director – Executive Director, Lexington Rescue Mission
Kaleb Heitzman, Director – Online Developer & Consultant, Consulting in the Ministry & Online World
Wayne Logan, Director – Sr. Acct. Consultant, Netgain Technologies
Rob McBride, Director – Lending Officer, Guardian Savings Bank
Karen Venis, Director – Executive Director, Sayre Christian Village
Financials
The Mission is an interdenominational Christian non-profit organization that is governed by a local Board of Directors and is a certified member of Citygate Network. The mission is accredited by 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
444 Glen Arvin Avenue, Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 381-9600