Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission
We provide for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the homeless, poor, and needy without regard to race, color, creed, gender, national origin or disability.
The Gospel Rescue Mission has provided help for the homeless and working poor in Las Cruces since 1972. Today we are no longer just an emergency homeless shelter.
We are a restaurant that serves 3 meals every day, a church that provides 11 chapel services each week (three of which are in Spanish). We are a hotel that never closes and a retail store. We give away clothing to the public. We are a food bank that regularly supports various food pantries, and we raise some of our own food.
Three ideals make us unique:
* First, we believe in the transforming nature of the Holy Spirit so we require long-term residents to attend at least 3 chapel services a week
* Second, we reinforce the restorative nature of work, so we require our residents to have a chore, which includes cooking, maintenance, grounds keeping, laundry, general cleaning, farming, and retail work
* Third, the Mission is probably the only pure charity in Las Cruces. That is, we rely entirely on the generosity of businesses, churches, civic organizations and caring individuals in the community. We use no tax dollars in any form, including government grants.
1972
Bob Jeska
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