History

The mission moves to 322 W. Chestnut St. A men’s dormitory opens with a fifteen-bed shelter and provides free meals to homeless and poor men. The staff holds child evangelism classes, Sunday school, nightly chapel, prayer meetings, street meetings, and a weekly service at the county jail, and does visitation to hospitals, homes, and the jail. McCausland opens Hayes Avenue Mission, a branch of City Mission. Around sixty children from the area participate in Sunday school, child evangelism classes, picnics, and holiday events.

First Christian Church, 84 W. Wheeling St., becomes home to City Mission. The ministry expands services to the homeless and more than triples its shelter capacity. The mission is still located at this site today.

Rescue missions across the United States are addressing the problem of sheltering the country’s fastest-growing population of homeless—families.

Francis L. King, then mayor of Washington, proclaims City Mission Day to celebrate the millionth meal served. At this time, the mission serves about 6,000 meals each month, and operates seven thrift stores. With a seventy-bed capacity, the mission is the largest shelter facility in the tri-county area.

With the assistance and generosity of a local couple, City Mission’s board of directors votes to acquire three buildings adjacent to the current location to be used for future shelter and transitional housing.

The HEIRS program — a comprehensive program focusing on Housing, Employment, Income Development, Recovery, and Spiritual Development — is introduced.

Current CEO/President Dean R. Gartland takes office.

June 2016 – Began serving meals in new kitchen and dining facility.

Oct. 2016 – Held City Mission 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee.

March 2016 – City Mission purchased a 40,000 square foot warehouse to serve as Vocational Training Center/Donation Center.

June 2017 – Opened new Ansys Career Training and Education Center.

Sept. 2017 – Opened new City Mission Thrift Store in Morgantown, WVa

City Mission launches a new Drug-free Pain Management Clinic to help residents manage chronic and acute pain without the use of medication.

City Mission holds a flag-raising and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Crabtree-Kovacicek Veterans House, which opens in July and houses 22 homeless veterans for up to 18 months.