Ministries & Partners

Desire Street Ministries is working to replicate its model of incarnational ministry and indigenous leadership development by undertaking and strategically supporting similar urban ministries in other underserved communities.

While Hurricane Katrina brought death, devastation and grief, it also provided many blessings. By literally forcing the ministry out of its home in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, DSM's ministry of replication was begun.

Because most residents of the Desire neighborhood were unable to return for several months after the storm, DSM began work in the adjacent Eighth Ward, which sustained less damage. St. Roch Community Church sprang to life as a vibrant outreach to the St. Roch and St. Claude nieghborhoods there.

We also began providing support and encouragement for a work in Montgomery, AL. (Read about former Urban Institute student Bryan Kelly's call to Common Ground Montgomery.)

In 2009, we welcomed Parker Street Ministries in Lakeland, FL as a strategic partner.

We continue to focus on and serve the residents of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans through various ministry programs. Click here to read more.

To help meet the need of our neighbors for redevelopment and rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, DSM partnered with community members to found a community development corporation, CDC 58:12.

In addition to the ministries and partners described above, our vision for replication is carried out through the Urban Institute by training urban ministers and those considering a career in urban ministry.