Who We Are

The American Rescue Workers is a Christian organization and a church that works as a vital 501(c)(3) in local communities and on a national level. Our primary calling contains the following:

• We preach the Gospel and undertake the spiritual uplifting and the providing of material aid to all persons in need regardless of race, color, creed, sex, or age.
• We base our therapy on the principles and Christian disciplines given to us through the Word of God and the example given through Jesus Christ.
• We cooperate with all other believers in every possible way to fulfill the commission of Jesus Christ: "...for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. ...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] the least, ye did it unto me." - Matthew 25:35-40 (American Standard Version)
• We encourage cooperation among other resources and organizations in our community to ensure various needs are met.
• We are committed to increasing our capacity to serve by continuously and actively seeking and carefully managing donated funds and support.
• We ensure responsive leadership through a Community Advisory Board for each American Rescue Workers' Corps and through the management of a National Board of the American Rescue Workers.
• We aspire to set an example of honesty and integrity in all of our professional relationships so that the American Rescue Workers is seen as an ambassador for the higher calling of service for Jesus Christ.

In Canton, the American Rescue Workers Corps is dealing with the serious plight of chronic homelessness among men. As men are provided the basic essentials of life, they are instructed in various life skills and given the opportunities to gain employment and educational tools. They are held accountable for their own decisions, both past and present. Many have made poor choices in their pasts, and the American Rescue Workers encourages them to examine those kinds of choices and the reasons why they make them. The American Rescue Workers also stresses taking responsibility for any attached consequences to those poor choices. While the American Rescue Workers teaches that God forgives us for confessed wrongs, and we need to forgive ourselves as well, the organization does not condone ignoring or neglecting responsibilities because of that forgiveness.