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Who We Are:
Fellowship House Ministries is a group of dedicated individuals
who saw the need for transitional programming and decided
to meet the need. As a faith based agency we saw our efforts
as answering a biblical call to serve those in need. Initially
our efforts were focused on incarcerated individuals and there
families. As we grew, our efforts expanded to include formerly
incarcerated individuals, persons in recovery from substance
abuse and addictive behaviors. more.
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Why We Are Concerned:
As citizens we see how the problem of substance abuse
and addictive behavior affects all of society. Many of us
have first hand knowledge of how the problem of substance
abuse and a criminal history can impact all areas of life.
We recognize the frustration of being caught up in the revolving
door syndrome of relapse. In our attempts to more fully understand
the problem we determined that a key to the problem is the
lack of adequate housing and a job. Both factors are critical
in the early stages of recovery. Furthermore we determined
that in the majority of cases in which a successful transition
was made, those same key ingredients were present and were
considered a prominent factor in making a successful transition.
As Christians we chose to act on the biblical directive to
serve those in need as written in Matthew, “Then the King
will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did to one
of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ (Mat.
25:40, NIV) more.
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