The Community

Streets Ministries is committed to serving impoverished and underserved youth in the Memphis metropolitan area. Streets currently has two centers which are located in neighborhoods where there is easy access to drugs, high rates of teen pregnancies, an overwhelming high-school drop-out rate, and very little relational and family stability. Most of the students in these neighborhoods live at or below the poverty level and come from single parent households. For youth growing up in these communities, the cycle of crime and poverty can become a virtual prison, but many of the youth who come to Streets are a testimony to the freedom found in Jesus Christ. Through Christ’s ministry at Streets, dozens of kids have gone to college and many have returned as volunteers, donors, and staff to minister to other young people in the community.