Open Door Ministries exists to provide practical help and hope to people in urban Denver who are homeless or low income. Our primary objective is to move people toward self-sufficiency by helping change the circumstances and life patterns that have held them captive to poverty and addictions.

Through four focus areas, we provide tangible needs like food, shelter, access to education and employment training. We also provide intangible needs such as friendship, hope, and Christian spiritual guidance. Open Door has learned that the best way to help our community members succeed is to surround them with support, holistically empowering them to overcome obstacles, attain self-sufficiency, and thrive.

Open Door Ministries helps individuals thrive in the following areas:

1) Stable Housing
2) Sustainable Employment
3) Completed Education
4) Vibrant Spirituality
5) Renewed Relationships
6) Healthy Behavior
7) Community Giveback

Christ Centered
The hope of Christ’s transforming work is at the center of everything we do.

Life on Life Discipleship
We implement intentional discipleship relationships that involve sacrifice.

Community Driven
We want our community members to lead and drive the direction of our organization.

Undisputed Worth
Every person has value and can contribute to God’s work at ODM.

Holistic Restoration
True life change happens when spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical needs are met.

Leadership Development
We want to raise up leaders from within our community.

Urban Denver
God has placed this organization in the heart of Denver and we love our city!

Open Door Ministries has grown over the years as an extension of Open Door Fellowship Church. Open Door Fellowship was started in 1984 for the express purpose of reaching the low-income populations in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The church has always had a desire to help people with basic needs such as housing, food, clothing, education, job opportunities, etc. 

With these goals, it wasn’t long before individuals in the church were starting programs to assist people in these ways. In the early 90’s, a ministry to at-risk youth developed, focusing on tutoring and mentoring. Around this time, TRYAD began as a ministry to the disabled. 

In 1996, the Treasure House, a home for single moms, and Teen House, a home for girls living on the streets, began. In 1997, we began serving a weekly meal for the neighborhood. With all of these programs starting in a grass roots fashion, the church realized it needed a structure to manage them, so in May of 1997 Open Door Ministries was created. A board was constituted in December of 1997 and the new organization received its 501c3 in 1999.

Open Door Fellowship helped plant Westside Church Internacional in January of 2018 and Open Door Ministries is now expanding programing over to Denver's Westside. Watch the videos below to learn more about our history.