Wichita Falls Faith Mission

Vision

Faith Mission is providing hope to all by restoring lives through Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration through the love of Jesus Christ.

Misson

Faith Mission will daily focus ministry efforts in producing transformed lives and sending them into the world spiritually and emotionally whole in the name of Jesus Christ.

History

Established in 1958 by Bea and Dick Hogan as Faith City Mission. The original location was on Ohio street above the old Hornsby Hardware Store. In 1968 the former Lamar Baptist Church building at 402 Lamar was purchased for the Mission's first permanent home. As programs and services grew, it became evident a larger facility was needed and property was purchased at our current location on Travis Street and construction began. A fire destroyed the Lamar street facility just three weeks prior to the new building being completed.

The current facility at 1300 Travis Street opened on May 23, 1988. In 2008, Faith Mission Thrift Shoppe opened at 1628 Harrison Street, after the renovation of the historic building. The Thrift Shoppe provides an outlet for training our students. Sales support the ministries of Faith Mission and Faith Refuge.

In 2009 a new Day Labor Area was added to the North side of the building at 1300 Travis Street for a safe place for guests to wait for day labor opportunities.

To address the growth in the need to shelter women and families, in April of 2010 the official Faith Refuge Capital Campaign was initiated. Within 6 months half of the 3.2 million dollars had been donated or pledged. The project was put out for Bid in April and due to inflation and additions to the project, the bids came in at $4.5 million. Construction began in June 2011. The ground breaking for this 20,600 sq.ft facility was a tremendous success. Anthony Inman is the General contractor with Bundy, Young, Sims and Potter as Architects. Faith Refuge will facilitate a better way of providing ministry to homeless women, moms with children and women who wish to complete a 12-month recovery program from addictions resulting in broken lives. The Grand Opening of Faith Refuge is tentatively set for May 3, 2012.

Faith Mission ministers to clients by providing for immediate physical, spiritual, social, emotional and educational needs through ministries of charity — regardless of any individual’s race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation or religion. This focused Christ-centered ministry assesses individual needs, receives clients into Mission ministries, and determines their personal areas of capability from which to nurture their growth process.