Who We Are
GROW ministries is a non profit organization dedicated to serving women in crisis. We are a ministry with a support group for abused women and a prison ministry which serves women from incarceration to independence.
Our Vision
Our vision is: to provide a safe, structured Christian environment to aid women in their growth with the Lord Jesus Christ. to develop a lifestyle free of drugs/alcohol and to develope new ways to live, to change their heart, to change their thinking, to change their actions.
Types Of Activity
Our transitional housing program is very structured. Each client is assigned an aftercare team of 2-7 people trained to take care of their needs while at the Greenhouse our transitional housing program. There are classes for criminal and addictive thinking, relapse prevention classes, money management, Bible studies, and a faith based addiction class, Love is a Choice for healthy relationships, we try to meet the top five crimingenic needs.
Location
Scott county jail, Davenport Iowa, and Rock Island county jail in Rock Island, IL we also pen pal with inmates at MT Pleasant, Iowa and Oakdale, Iowa, as well as Dwight correctional center and Mitchellville, Iowa. We also have gone international and visit a mens and womens prison in Cuence Ecuador each year, helpign the prison system there ti meet the need of the inmates with practicle support, beds, mattress, hot water, etc.
Our magazine (newsletter)
We have a newsletter that comes out three times a year.Books we have published
The Unequal Yoke it is a Bible for women in abusive marriages and how to become an agent of change in their life!About Our Prison Ministry
In our quad city area we are the only faith based organization that does what we do in both of our areas of ministry. We were founded in 2005, since then ahve led many many women to the Lord and even now have expanded to a street ministry to the homeless, leading them to Christ as well and meeting needs.
Support In
Please pray that as a ministry we will honor the Lord Jesus Christ in all areas. Pray for our clients! Pray that the finances we need will come in. And please pray for the hurting women in our circle of influence. We want to expand our ministry in the coming years and need the money to open two more houses ( locally) and help the people in Cuenca Ecuador to do the same for exinmates, there is no such thing there in Ecuador.
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