Poverty is more than simply lacking material possessions. People experiencing poverty often describe their situations in terms like “hopelessness” or “worthlessness.” This is because poverty is rooted in broken relationships with others, with ourselves, with creation, and ultimately with God. Our goal is to alleviate poverty through restored relationships. We accomplish this through faith-based education, transportation, workforce development, addiction recovery, and financial empowerment programs.

We believe that everyone is in poverty, regardless of economic status, because we are all spiritually poor without a relationship with Jesus Christ. When we walk with a person through the process of restoring his or her relationship with God, we inevitably witness the restoration of relationships with family members; the restoration of that person’s dignity, value, and self-worth; and we have the opportunity to help them break the cycle of material poverty by overcoming addiction, securing a new job, creating a budget, becoming a better parent, and so much more.