RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC
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Mission Statement
The Durham Rescue Mission is Durham's oldest and largest shelter providing emergency, transitional and long-term shelter, counseling and vocational training to 400+ men, women, and children each day, 365 days a year.
About This Cause
The Durham Rescue Mission was founded in November 1974 by Dr. and Mrs. Ernie Mills with one goal in mind: to mend shattered lives in Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill for the glory of God. We’ve remained dedicated to this mission for the past 40 years. Our rescue mission began in a small, two-story house on the corner of North Holman and East Main Street in Durham, NC, with just enough space to provide shelter for up to a dozen men. After only a short amount of time, we were running out of space to meet the needs of everyone coming through our doors. In 1978, the Lord blessed us with a larger church building for a men’s shelter just a block away from our original location on East Main Street. This new space provided room for up to 35 men. In 1993, the Lord led us in opening a three-story home for up to five mothers with small children. With an ever-growing waiting list for this women and children’s shelter, we soon opened a new shelter for five families in 1997 and a shelter for single women in 1998. Our women, children, and family division, the Good Samaritan Inn, opened in 2005. The entire project was funded by the gracious support of friends of the Durham Rescue Mission. We are currently able to house more than 100 women, children and families in this facility. In 2013, we opened our new facility, the Center for Hope, at our men’s division. The Center for Hope offers a spacious dining room that seats 250 individuals, a commercial kitchen, classroom space for our Victory Program, a GED classroom, and a computer lab, as well as 3 dormitories. We are thankful for the many friends who gave sacrificially to help this dream become a reality. HOW FAR WE’VE COME Over the last few decades, our ministry has grown tremendously. Today, our Durham homeless shelter and urban rescue mission has room to house and provide food, vocational training, counseling and much more to 400 men, women and children in the Triangle area. We are so thankful for all the ways the Lord has blessed us thus far, and we continue to look to His provision in the years to come.