The Mission Fund provides financial and collaborative support to mission partners identified by the Mission Committee, who are doing evangelistic work as well as work aimed at compassion, justice, and physical renewal. The Mission Fund is expected to be funded out of Redeemer Downtown's historic budget surpluses.
Mission Funds are used to provide grant-based support to Redeemer Downtown’s mission partners, as well as any administrative costs necessary to support such efforts. Have questions? Read our FAQs.
The Mission Committee consists of Redeemer Downtown members, officers, and staff, who are passionate about generosity and Gospel renewal. The committee will recommend partners and financial grants to those partners to the Redeemer Downtown Session for approval. Current committee members include:
The Bowery Mission meets essential needs and creates a transformative community with men, women, children and families in New York so that together we overcome homelessness and poverty, and flourish through the power and love of Jesus Christ.
The Father’s Heart is a holistic and gospel-centered ministry addressing homelessness, poverty and the migrant crisis through a variety of programs such as: a soup kitchen, free legal advice from Open Hands Legal Services, KidZone for children and their families, GED preparation, ESL classes, and job-training/mentoring program for teens, Alphabet Scoop.
Reformed University Fellowship is a campus ministry that reaches college students from all backgrounds with the hope of Jesus Christ. College is a time when beliefs are explored, decisions are made, and lives are changed.
The Salvation Army's mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. We partner with the Downtown NYC location through monthly neighborhood outreaches. These are simple, welcoming opportunities for our church community to come together and love our city in tangible ways. We gather to pack care bags filled with practical, resourceful items for our downtown neighbors who are experiencing need.
Hope for New York Founded in 1992 by the late Rev. Tim Keller, we're a non-profit that provides resources to vulnerable and marginalized neighbors so that every New Yorker flourishes.
Redeemer Brooklyn is a church plant of Redeemer Downtown that will exist to be a new missional community for the good of Brooklyn
Urban Hope NYC is a faith-driven organization on Staten Island committed to transforming underserved communities through literacy tutoring (Read2Succeed), youth mentorship (Ambassadors of Peace), basketball leagues, summer outreach, and more.
Avail exists to empower people facing a past or present unexpected pregnancy, believing no one should feel alone. Providing nonpolitical, compassionate support and resources, Avail supports people in making their own decisions, building healthy relationships andpursuing resilience to face their futures with hope.
Ordinary People exists to be a third space in South Brooklyn where ordinary people can slow down, connect with one another, and enjoy life together. It is the fruit of a collective vision, shaped through ongoing prayer and a deep desire to meet the needs of South Brooklyn.
Samaritan Heart Initiative’s mission is to overcome poverty and social inequality, training leaders and providing community development services and empowerment projects for the needy in their community. Samaritan Heart Initiative is led by Pastor Jeffrey Mwanalushi in Lusaka, Zambia.
Matt and Helen Pope and their family work with Red Santiago, an interdenominational group of pastors in Santiago, Chile that prayerfully works together to revitalize, plant churches and reach the city. They are a vehicle of City to City Latin America.
