MISSION GATE CHRISTIAN CENTER
804 BERQUIST, MANCHESTER, MO 63011 www.missiongateministry.org

Total Revenue
$1,394,060
Total Expenses
$1,138,796
Net Assets
$2,085,610

Organizations Filed Purposes: PROVIDES IN-PRISON SERVICES,LIFE SKILLS CLASSES AND RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND AFTERCARE FOR PAROLEES,PROBATIONERS (AND THEIR CHILDREN IN WOMEN'S FACILITIES) AND OTHERS IN NEED OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL RECOVERY, ENABLING THEM TO TRANSITION INTO SOCIETY. PROVIDES SUPPORT AND MINISTRY TO INMATES AND PROGRAM GRADUATES AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.

MISSION GATE VOLUNTEERS SERVICES IN MISSOURI PRISONS AND JAILS AND OWNS AND OPERATES AFTERCARE PROGRAMS IN FACILITIES OWNED IN CUBA AND TROY, MISSOURI AND IN THE ST LOUIS CITY AREA FOR FEDERAL,STATE,COUNTY AND CITY FORMER PRISONERS WHO ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE AND FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTIONS. THE FORT GOOD SHEPHERD RANCH IN CUBA HOUSES 60 MEN AND THE ST. LOUIS AREA GUEST HOMES HOUSE 26 MEN. HANNAH'S RANCH IN CUBA, MISSOURI HOUSES 20 WOMEN INCLUDING SOME WITH CHILDREN. ANGELS LANDING, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE MAIN HOUSE AT THE HANNAH'S RANCH PROPERTY, HOUSES 18 MOTHERS INCLUDING SOME WITH CHILDREN. PROMISES OF HOPE IN TROY, MISSOURI HOUSES 8 WOMEN AND AN ADDITION OF FOUR MORE BEDROOMS,BATH AND LAUNDRY FACILITY IS COMPLETE AND HOUSES 4-6 WOMEN AND HAS AN OFFICE. ALL RESIDENTS IN THE MISSION GATE PROGRAM RECEIVE EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION, INITIAL FOOD AND CLOTHING,INSTRUCTION IN SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL AND NUTRITIONAL HEALTH, BIBLE STUDIES, EMPLOYMENT SOFT SKILLS, COMPUTER TRAINING, FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND OTHER LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS PARENTING AND ANGER MANAGEMENT. RESIDENTS WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA RECEIVE GED/HISET TRAINING AND TESTING. MISSION GATE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE IN-PRISON CHURCH SERVICES, BIBLE STUDIES AND ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING TO AN ESTIMATED 3,000 INMATES PER YEAR. THESE ARE PROVIDED TO INMATES IN THE ST LOUIS COUNTY AND ST LOUIS CITY JAILS AND NUMEROUS PRISONS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI.

CHRISTMAS ANGEL PROGRAM PROVIDING 2,500 CHILDREN OF PRIMARILY PRISONERS'FAMILIES WITH GIFTS, GOSPEL WITNESSING AND CHURCH REFERRALS. UPWARDS OF 125 AREA CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES ARE INVOLVED. COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICIPATE BY DONATING THEIR TIME.

EQUINE AND CANINE THERAPY FOR PROGRAM CLIENTS UTILIZES DOGS, CATS,HORSES AND SMALL LIVESTOCK AT MISSION GATE'S FORT GOOD SHEPHERD RANCH FOR RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN. THE PROGRAM HAS A HEALING EFFECT ON PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS' MENTAL HEALTH. PARTICIPANT FEEDS AND CARES FOR ANIMALS WHICH PROMOTES RESPONSIBILITY, TRUST AND WORTH. HORSEBACK RIDING BRINGS A NEW WAY OF RECREATION THAT EXCLUDES DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. PARTICIPANT'S FAMILIES VISIT AND PARTAKE IN EQUINE AND CANINE INTERACTION. MEN AND WOMEN IN OTHER PROGRAM SITES OF MISSION GATE ALSO BENEFIT AND INTERACT IN THIS THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Patricia MathesPRES, TRES,50$55,725
Richard J MathesVP, DIRECTOR40$23,773
James TalentDIRECTOR1.5$0
Kevin O'BrienDIRECTOR2$0
Robert ArbSECRETARY, D2$0

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