Mission: Western Carolina Rescue Ministries exists to serve the homeless, poor, and addicted populations of Western North Carolina. As a nondenominational ministry, we meet people in crisis, focus on helping them at the point of their need, invest in their future, and help them until they can move forward.
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries (WCRM) has served as a homeless shelter and restoration center to the Western North Carolina community for the past 43 years.
We seek to provide Rescue, Recovery, and Restoration in Jesus’ Name. Each of these three components of our Ministry is about meeting people in crisis where they are, caring for them with dignity, and then restoring them to healthy, productive lives.
WCRM operates to bring rescue from crisis, recovery from addiction, and restoration to new beginnings for the most vulnerable in Western North Carolina. Currently, our Rescue services for men, women, and children include providing meals, food boxes, overnight shelter, showers, and clothing. We provide restoration services for men and women that include life counseling, job training, and assistance with transitional services. Formal on-site programs include Success Academy for men and women, Joshua Plan for men, Abba’s Love for women, and Abba’s House for addicted mothers and their babies.
Whether serving hundreds of meals each day, providing thousands of beds each year, offering free residential addiction programs, or equipping the low-income with life skills and job training to advance their careers, we are committed to reflecting the love of Jesus in a way that changes lives and transforms our community.
