Kansas City Rescue Mission

The Kansas City Rescue Mission was opened by Dr. Jarrett Aycock in 1950. It is located at 1520 Cherry Street, Kansas City with two buildings including recreational areas, classrooms, and offices. The mission offers help through three avenues, Relief, Recovery, and Re-entry. It is part of the City Mission movement. Kansas City Rescue Mission is part of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions.[1]

Foundation

Dr. Aycock, previously an alcoholic and gambler, had been helped by Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles. He became a Church of the Nazarene evangelist for 32 years, and in 1942, became the Superintendent of the Kansas City District of the denomination. In the first few years the mission relocated several times. In 1962 the mission moved to Walnut Street, where they stayed for 28 years. Late in the 1980s the city bought the building because of renovations in the area. The mission was able to raise enough money to buy their current building, debt free.

In 2013 the Kansas City Rescue Mission made the decision to reject the help and assistance of volunteers to deliver food to Kansas City homeless and those living in poverty by rejecting the help of those who identify as atheist.[2]

This decision was made for the following reasons - “If someone was to say ‘tell me more’ and the person can’t because it’s against their convictions, I don’t feel like that’s representative of the Kansas City Rescue Mission,” she told KSHB. “We believe that God is our hope."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "AGRM". Association of Gospel Missions. Association Catalyst. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/11/4614402/atheist-volunteers-turned-away.html
  3. ↑ http://www.theblaze.com/news/2013/11/12/christian-org-declines-atheists-help-in-feeding-the-poor-for-thanksgiving
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