Sunshine Gospel Ministries

Bridge builders: bridge builders helps to connect people from different backgrounds to promote a shared understanding of the challenges facing inner-city communities. Those from an outside context typically hear and see mostly negative portrayals of the inner city, often contributing to unhelpful labeling and misguided interactions. We believe the giftedness of the community is more clearly seen through fostering healthy, meaningful experiences that combine learning with active engagement.

Flourishing community initiative: the flourishing community initiative is designed to reduce the level of violence in the chicago police department third district by working hands-on with neighbors, law enforcement, youth, and families of victims of violence. The work will make extensive use of data to track conditions, activities, and outcomes. This date will be used to measure impact as well as to communicate with all partners, advisors, city and community residents.

Familyhood equips parents, teachers, youth workers, and other adults to aid children in becoming healthy, caring, and responsible citizens. Families focus on positive communication while working with others to build support networks for young people, helping them build key developmental assets, and fostering growth.

The housing program exists to bring about the stabilization and revitalization of the woodlawn community.

Sunshine gospel ministries is constructing a 77,000-square-foot community center to continue 120 years of service on chicago's south side. The organization's belief in place-based strategies directly feeds into the goals and visions of the community center, which is to encourage thriving neighborhoods by bringing people together to build cultural and economic vitality.