Shelter for Women and Children


The Nashville Rescue Mission provides Christian support and guidance to homeless women and children. These vulnerable guests receive food, clothing and shelter. The Mission provides these women and children with life’s basic necessities, including daily devotions and chapel services, overnight lodging, bathing facilities, clothing distribution and Christian counseling. These women also have the opportunity to enter the Mission’s life-recovery program.


Life Recovery for Women


Women who are homeless, abused or chemically dependent can find refuge, safety and healing at the Nashville Rescue Mission. During her stay, a woman will receive Christian counseling, including one-on-one as well as group sessions, learn how to heal from past wounds and open up to new, healthy relationships. She will also have an opportunity to study the Bible and participate in the education program in order to improve her academic and employment skills or obtain her GED.


Mothers are also taught good parenting techniques. Bright colors, open spaces and play areas help kids regain their childhood. Each woman and her children enjoy time together where they can establish a feeling of safety and a sense “home.” After graduating, women have the opportunity to move into the Mission’s transitional housing until they are able to get back on their feet and find permanent housing.


Photo by: Daniel Shaw


Education for Women


Many of the women who enter the Mission’s life-recovery program come with serious struggles in literacy (reading and comprehension), memory retention, and basic writing, math and life skills for the workplace. Chemical addictions, abuse, family turmoil and dropping out of school early are among the contributing factors that cause a woman not to live up to her full potential.


The education program provides individualized encouragement to the women through education and computer training classes. While some women prepare to take their GED exam, others are taught basis arithmetic and literacy. Additional classes are taught on parenting, grief and loss. All are given an opportunity to pursue academic and professional skills for the workplace, including job preparedness, resume writing and interviewing skills. The women also learn about financial planning and developing a family budget.


The support received from volunteers, donors, grants and other resources is invaluable. Through the advancement of education and life skills, these women come to see they can achieve greater personal wholeness and freedom through education.


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