Serving & Loving Those in Need in Lexington
in 2021, 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
Brandon Best
House of Hope Case Manager
Laura Carr
Executive Director
Tammy Clay
Food Service Coordinator
Carolyn Cook
Grace Place House Mentor
Helen Coulter
Administrative Assistant
Yvette Davis
Development Coordinator
Sherry Dawson
Administrative Assistant
Elis Doan
Social Enterprise Manager
Renee Dodson
Advance Lexington Coordinator
Erica Dominguez
Director of Outreach Services
Chris Woodward
Resource Coordinator
Christen Goosey
Director of Grace Place
Lee Hunter
Director of Employment Services
Lauren Hurst
Re-Entry Case Manager
Julius Johnson
Director of Re-Entry Services
John Lindsey
Director of Administration
Kim livesay
Director of Development
chris lunsford
Street Outreach Coordinator
Dana Moussa
Re-Entry Housing Coordinator
Ted Osborn
Potter’s House Case Manager
KATIE OSTERBROOK
Homeless Intervention Program Coordinator
cristy phillips
Grace Place Case Manager
Tim Robbins
Re-Entry Case Manager
DONNA SIZEMORE
Grace Place Care Coordinator
Thomas Wallace
Pastoral Care Coordinator
matt Walz
Administrative Accounting Coordinator
Greg Wilhite
Potter’s House Case Manager
Karli LeMaster
Annual Giving Coordinator
Mark Gamble
Direct Placement Job Coordinator
Ron Martin
Mission Janitor/Street Outreach Worker
Board of Directors
Gary Loucks, President – VP Commercial Mortgage Officer, Central Bank & Trust Co.
Kaleb Heitzman, Vice President – Online Developer & Consultant, Consulting in the Ministry & Online World
Rob McBride, Secretary – Lending Officer, Guardian Savings Bank
Jacquelin Murphy, Treasurer – Vice President, The Whitaker Foundation
Mark Dunn, Director – Pastor, Macedonia Christian Church
Tim Kitts, Director – Executive Director, Housing Authority of Danville
Wayne Logan, Director – Advisor, Sage City Coaching
Greg McMorrow, Director – Retired Physician
Trudi Matthews, Director – Senior Director of Quality and Value Strategy, UK Healthcare
Karen Venis, Director – Executive Director, Sayre Christian Village
Jeff Yeary, Director – Commercial Real Estate Broker, H&W Management
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
444 Glen Arvin Avenue, Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 381-9600