HISTORY

During the bitter winter of 1984, in a Soup Kitchen located in Grace Episcopal Church and operated by a collaboration of seven other area churches, local residents realized that more people than at any time in recent history were seeking shelter in public buildings. A group of business and civic leaders joined other religious leaders and Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Determined to bring together our community's richest resources, a study was contracted by the City government to determine the level of need. From that effort, Crisis Ministries was born.