Art and Jesus in jail
Rosemary Oliver
314-422-5935
A team of artistic, creative women from Central go to the St. Louis County Jail in Clayton on Mondays and Thursdays. Using art as a vehicle, they share Jesus, scripture, Bible stories, and prayers with the women in jail. Central provides Celebrate Recovery to many of the female inmates at County Jail with a study of the Bible.
Bethany Christian Services
1300 Hampton Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-781-6363
Donna Nicholson
www.bethany.org/st-louis
Bethany offers free, confidential pregnancy counseling and other social services to birth parents, children, and families. In addition, Bethany works to provide social work training and international adoption.
The Carver Project
231 Westgate Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63130
Shelley Milligan
540-817-9371
www.carverstl.org
Carver Project works to cultivate Christian leaders at the intersection of university, church, and society. They work toward uncommon community, focused engagement, and creative dialogue by hosting a regular dinner and discussion group for 20-25 Washington University faculty from law, business, engineering, English, art, anthropology, physics, geochemistry, genomics, pediatrics, surgery, cardiology, religion, history, and linguistics.
Central Harvest
http://www.centralpres.com/ministries/service-compassion/
Sara Kramer
Deb Sommer
The mission of Harvest is to share the love of Christ with the international “harvest” God has brought to St. Louis by connecting with and serving new refugees and maintaining these relationships, primarily by gardening, Bible clubs and other outreach and relational events.
Child Evangelism Fellowship-St. Louis
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Contact, Cindy Wells
www.cefonline.com
CEF is a Bible-centered worldwide organization evangelizing boys and girls with the Gospel of Christ, discipling them in the Word of God and establishing them in the church.
Churches for Life
P.O. Box 411752
St. Louis, MO 63141
314-267-4238
www.getintolife.org
CFL works primarily with local churches and Life Teams to nourish them as gospel-driven champions of life. They accomplish this using strategies to build infrastructure and relationships through the gifts of God’s people and the expertise of life-affirming agencies. Central has its own Life Team made up of our members who have a heart for life issues.
Crisis Aid International
P.O. Box 510167
St. Louis, MO 63151
888-740-7779
www.crisisaid.org
Today Crisis Aid concentrates efforts in Ethiopia and in the United States, serving children and families who are in crisis situations. Whether it be famine, disease, natural disaster, or sex trafficking, Crisis Aid is there.
We are committed to "helping the helpless" with relief efforts locally and globally and equipping those who are beyond the crisis to take responsibility by providing programs which train, inspire, and move them to independent, self-sustaining living.
Crossroads Christian Counseling Center
1023 Executive Pkwy Dr, Suite 10
St. Louis, MO 63141
314-469-5522
www.stl-ccc.org
CrossRoads Counseling Centers is a non-profit corporation committed to therapeutic excellence. A team of distinguished professionals known for their giftedness and maturity combine innovative clinical counseling with a redemptive worldview to restore people to emotional health, relational unity and a hopeful future.
First Light
Sean Maney
www.firstlightstlouis.org
FirstLight comes alongside churches to minister to those struggling with sexual issues. Christ’s love extends to our sexuality, offering hope and forgiveness. Through Jesus, the sexually broken can step out of darkness into “the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day” (Proverbs 4:18).
First Step Back Home, INC.
Paul Kruse, Founder & President
18 Auvergne Dr.
Lake St. Louis, MO 63367
First Step primarily serves single, transient, or homeless men who are experiencing critical, chronic, temporary, working homelessness in St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties of Missouri.
Friends of Adams
Friends of Adams provides support for Adams School, an extraordinary public school in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. The goal is to inspire a community willing to learn, interact, encourage, and support. Through communicating, volunteering, providing needed supplies, and contributing financially for special projects, they work to accomplish this goal.
Hope Unlimited, INC.
Serving the youth in the Meacham park neighborhood of southeast Kirkwood
418 E. Adams
St. Louis, MO 63122
Dedicated to building relationships that change lives through one-on-one tutoring, mentoring, Bible study, discipleship, summer camps, sports, and field trips, Hope Unlimited is a non-profit youth outreach working with at- risk youth in the metropolitan St. Louis area and introducing them to Jesus.
International Students, INC.
2297 Fairoyal Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63131
Solomon and Ruby Kendagor
314-965-8696
www.isiwebnet.net/sites/kendagors
ISI is a ministry that shares the Gospel with the international college students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate schools in the St. Louis area. This ministry has been overseen for many years by Solomon and Ruby Kendagor.
Jail Ministries for Men
Ted Winters
In jails and prisons, Jail Ministries For Men provides anger management classes, fathering classes, prayer classes, and when requested, one-on- one basic Christian counseling. Many have come to know the Lord and have been baptized.
Joni and Friends-International Disability Center
P.O. Box 3333
Agora Hills, CA 91376-3333
818-707-5664
www.joniandfriends.org
The St. Louis office of Joni and Friends is working together with local churches and organizations forming outreach programs throughout the community and ministering hope and the message of Christ to those who face the daily challenges of life with a disability.
Jubilee Christian Development Corporation/Job Alliance of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63107
Andy Krumsieg
314-533-5400 x23
Jubilee Development Corporation works to strengthen the local community surrounding Jubilee Community Church by encouraging revitalization in the lives and environment of its residents. The organization focuses on housing improvement, economic empowerment, construction skills training, and Christian discipleship, in addition to helping neighbors become credit- worthy for home ownership and facilitating neighborhood redevelopment.
Mission Gate
PO Box 6644
Chesterfield, MO 63006
Rick and Trish Mathes
636-391-8560
www.charityadvantage.com/missiongateministry/HOME.asp
Mission Gate shares the Gospel with inmates, their families and ex-offenders in Missouri and Southern Illinois. This prison ministry offers a clear understanding of Scripture in order to bring changes to individuals' lives and to the local community.
Mission St. Louis
Andy Hansen
www.missionstl.org
Mission St. Louis empowers people to transform their lives, families, and neighborhoods, so that families can live in neighborhoods that are full of opportunity, know and serve their neighbors, and be invited into gospel- centered communities. Mission St. Louis offers programs providing skills, training, and opportunity; equipping people to work their way into a life of financial stability and purpose.
One Heart Family Ministries
Emily Nienhuis
www.ohfm.org
One Heart Family Ministries believes that serving children in need is part of showing God’s love. They recruit, assist in training, and support Christian families who foster and adopt children in the Missouri state foster care system.
Promise Christian Academy
www.promisechristianacademy.org
Promise Christian Academy is a team of caring professionals who love children and are dedicated to developing the gifts God has given children with disabilities. Specific special services are implemented to create a positive learning experience, enabling the children to grow and mature into all that God wants them to be.
Refugio Ministry c/o South City Church
PO Box 15605
St. Louis, MO 63163
314-378-1225
Contact, Jared Weatherholtz
Refugio (“Refuge”) is a community of Hispanic people in St. Louis that follow Jesus and seek to embody the gospel through learning, life together, and service. The group meets weekly to study the Bible, worship, pray, sing, eat, and fellowship.
Sunshine Ministries
Jim and Carol Clarkson
314-231-8209
www.sunshineministries.org
Sunshine Ministries provides high quality social services to the poor and needy of St. Louis, sheltering men, women, and children from poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and violence.
Thrive!
314-783-3040
www.thrivealivestl.org
Thrive defends the unborn by supporting women and those close to them during crisis pregnancies, encouraging men and women to adopt a Godly view of sexuality, challenging men to fulfill their responsibilities in positive ways, and leading those served to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Urban K-Life
Jason Julian
314-607-6282
www.urbanstlouis.klife.com
Urban K-Life brings lasting hope to urban teens one relationship at a time through outreach, fellowship, mentoring, and discipleship.
Urban Young Life
John Holmes, Director
314-607-2067
www.stlurbanyounglife.org
St. Louis Urban Young Life introduces adolescents to Jesus Christ and helps them grow in their faith. This is done through mentoring, weekly “club” meetings, summer camps, and other activities rooted in positive relationships with adult leaders.