Bringing Christ-Centered solutions to the women and children of Appalachia impacted by poverty, abuse, and incarceration.

The vision is simple: Freedom. Flourish. Fly. We want every woman and child in Appalachia to have the opportunity to find freedom from poverty, abuse and incarceration, flourish in their homes, schools, work and community, and fly toward the dreams God has placed in their hearts.

With the purchase of new property in East Tennessee, we will begin developing spaces to better facilitate all of the feeding programs, women’s rehabilitation, and transitional housing needs.

Step one of the development plan is to build an easily accessible resource center with room for:

• Our “Eastside Market" which will be open 2 or 3 days per week so those in need have access to healthy food on a regular basis;

• Emergency housing for women who need a place to go during crisis;

• Some classroom space for our weekly “EncourageHer” program discipleship classes;

• A private meeting room for counseling sessions and meetings;

• An office space for our staff and volunteers to have a functional work area;

• and room on the property for some future transitional housing units.

The long-term vision for the ministry of SMDC is to provide a fully residential program with facilities for additional transitional housing, an expanded learning center for larger discipleship groups, job training, educational and life skills classes, a community center, and the addition of an onsite church.