Abe Brown Ministries Inc

Abe brown ministries is located in the heart of east tampa in a community where the poverty rate is 50 percent higher than the city and more than double the poverty rate of the county. The average unemployment rate across the neighborhoods adjacent to our ministry is more than three times the rate in the city and the county. Unemployment and poverty are two of the greatest contributing factors to crime and behaviors that lead to arrests. Unfortunately, violent crime rates in our service area are estimated to be upwards of 10 times the violent crime rate of hillsborough county. (continued on schedule o)over the last 48 years, abe brown ministries has become more than a prison ministry. In addition to delivering the gospel on crusades into prison and transporting families to visit their incarcerated loved ones, we also distribute food to families in need from our food for life pantry, transition citizens returning from prison back into the community through our transitional living program, and assist formerly incarcerated persons with re-entry into the workforce through insphire.