Benevolence Ministries

Serving others in Christ's name through the gifts and passions of our members and the benevolent giving of our time and resources. The following organizations are currently in partnership with North Heights through our Benevolence funding. More detailed information about these ministries can be found on their web sites.

Alpha USA/Twin Cities

Alpha is an opportunity to explore the meaning of life in a relaxed, friendly setting. The Alpha course begins with a meal and an amazing one-day or weekend getaway that comes halfway through the 10-week course.

Check out the Alpha Twin Cities website

Breaking Free

Mission: To educate and provide services to women and girls who have been victims of abuse and commercial sexual exploitation (prostitution/sex trafficking) and need assistance escaping the violence in their lives.

Philosophy Statement: We understand sex trafficking as a vicious cycle of violence, abuse, incarceration, and addiction. We understand that repeated experiences of violence undermines women and girls capacities to avoid further victimization. Sexual exploitation distorts the lives of women and girls, destroys families, and communities.

Breaking Free website

Bridging

Bridging was founded on one simple, yet powerful idea—that together we can create a bridge between those in need and those with excess. Twenty-five years and nearly 50,000 square feet later, Bridging is the largest furniture bank in North America.

Bridging website

CURE Ministries

CURE Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization that is dedicated to helping meet the physical and spiritual needs of underprivileged people. Cure hosts Monday and Thursday night meals, a food shelf, and a Life Skills Resource Center.

CURE's website

Dwelling Place

The Dwelling Place is a Christian domestic abuse organization dedicated to bringing hope and healing to victims of domestic abuse.

The Dwelling Place website

ECHO

Educational Concerns For Hunger Organization (ECHO) is a non-profit organization whose vision is "to Honor God through Sustainable Hunger Solutions."

ECHO is an inter-denominational Christian organization located on a demonstration farm in North Fort Myers, FL. ECHO exists for one major reason, to help those working internationally with the poor be more effective, especially in the area of agriculture!

Echo website

Feed My Starving Children

Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian organization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and we ship the meals to nearly 70 countries around the world.

Feed My Starving Children website

Hospitality Center for Chinese

HCC is Hospitality Center for Chinese, a community of Chinese and American people who desire to serve each other and exchange culture, faith, and friendship. The Chinese Hospitality Center is an organization that provides services, language classes and friendships for students coming to the University of Minnesota from China. Many of these students are without family in the U.S.A. and need friendship and fellowship. The Hospitality Center is a great way for these students to meet other students and to hear about the Gospel through the staff and volunteers. The Hospitality Center is always in need of volunteers and prayer. You can contact them at:

1407 Cleveland Avenue North
St. Paul, MN 55108
651-659-9740 |
HCC website

Hospitality House Youth Development

Founded in 1960, Hospitality House Youth Development (HHYD) is committed to developing responsible inner city youth, ages 5-18, physically, intellectually and spiritually through their birth and growth in Jesus Christ. HHYD also seeks to strengthen families because we believe that the family has a key role in the successful development of youth.

Hospitality House Youth Development website

Jericho Road

Jericho Road Ministries is a relief and development ministry designed to mobilize the church to work together with our neighbors to meet their physical and spiritual needs with dignity.

Jericho Road website

New Life Family Services

New Life Family Services exists to honor the sanctity of life by assisting clients with life-affirming decisions with the love and compassion of Christ.

New Life Family Services website

Outpost Ministries

Outpost Ministries exists to help the sexually and relationally broken find healing and restoration through relationship with Jesus Christ.

Outpost Ministries website

Salvation Army

Motivated by the love of God and led by the Holy Spirit to be the hands and feet of Jesus, the Northern Division is called to save souls, grow saints and serve suffering humanity through intentional outreach and innovative programs.

Salvation Army website

Teen Challenge

For more than 25 years, Minnesota Teen Challenge has been restoring hope to teens and adults struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.

MN Teen Challenge website

Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities

Union Gospel Mission is a Christian ministry dedicated to serving the homeless, poor, and addicted in our community. By meeting physical, spiritual, emotional, and educational needs, our Mission is changing lives!

Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities website

Urban Homeworks Inc.

The mission of Urban Homeworks is to perpetuate the hope of Jesus Christ through innovative community development that produces dignified housing for low income families, a strategic network of good neighbors and the redemptive development of real estate.

Urban Homeworks website

Strategic Ministry Partners

The Alliance of Renewal Churches

Creating an alliance of like-minded leaders and churches who are fostering authentic relationships to aggressively advance the kingdom of God.

Alliance of Renewal Churches website

The Masters Institute

The Masters Institute equips the heart, head and hands of servant leaders to boldly do Kingdom ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit through spiritual and character formation, Biblical teaching and leadership training.

The Master's Institute website

Lutheran Renewal

Calls people to a believing use of the Holy Scripture, the infallible Word of God.
Encourages believers in the Lord Jesus to live in dependence upon the Holy Spirit.
Helps people to be filled with the Holy Spirit in answer to prayer and to use the Spirit's gifts to strengthen the church.
Challenges individuals and congregations to fulfill their mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ in the power of the Spirit.
Invites people to Spirit-inspired worship in response to God's grace in Christ.
is a parachurch organization that networks within the Lutheran family, to the greater Body of Christ, and to all who value the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit. We do not formally associate or ascribe to the tenets of any specific branch or synod of Lutheranism.

Lutheran Renewal website