Our Mission
In our community there are many faces. Within each face is a mixture of purpose, hope, and contentment, as well as alienation, hopelessness, and frustration.
Because INTER-FAITH MINISTRIES has a desire to understand and empower the person behind the face,
We call people of all faiths together to build interreligious understanding, promote justice, relieve misery and reconcile the estranged.
INTER-FAITH MINISTRIES believes that today is the time to offer hope, healing, and understanding as we face the challenges of our community.
Inter-Faith Ministries
Inter-Faith Ministries facilitates interreligious dialogue and provides social services in Wichita, Kansas. Inter-Faith Ministries has over 125 years of experience in bringing diverse faith-based congregations together in a unified effort to serve the community.
Inter-Faith Ministries - Providing Basic Human Needs
... we are all just one crisis away from losing everything.
Inter-Faith Ministries has been serving the poor in Wichita for 125 years.
Inter-Faith Ministries provides a variety of critical services to the Wichita community with two homeless shelters and 104 low-cost apartments with case manager support; addresses issues of food insecurity and provides emergency food assistance; collects gently used coats and food for those in need during the holiday season.
Your support provides care for people in need.
Advocates to End Chronic Homelessness (AECH) announced last fall that the 2011/12 winter would be the final year for their group to take the lead in the planning of the Winter Overflow Shelter. Inter-Faith Ministries, who has worked in partnership with AECH in the operation of the shelter, has agreed to assume that role.
During the November 2011 through March 2012, the Winter Overflow Shelter provide 470 individuals with a warm place to sleep totaling 11,243 bed nights and provided over 22,000 meals. IFM staff was able to place 101 people into permanent housing and 102 moved into established shelters.
Sometimes, perhaps not often enough, we stop to recognize the good things that happen in Wichita. Those good things happen because of people who are inspired by their spirit to serve their fellow man. They achieve remarkable things without asking for anything in return. Acknowledging their gifts to others and this community is very appropriate. The National Conference of Christians and Jews gave the first Humanitarian Award in 1951 and the tradition continued until last organized by Diversity Kansas in 2009. During that time over 160 individuals and organizations have been recognized.
“Today, Inter-Faith Ministries would like to restore the tradition, recognizing special people from diverse religious faiths whose faith inspires change for the better. As a past recipient of this honor, I can tell you that the recognition means a great deal to me and I am very pleased to serve as the chair of the event.”
~Jill Docking, Awards Dinner Chair
Wells Fargo Advisors
“Diverse faiths and cultures are inextricably entwined, and it is our purpose through Inter-Faith Ministries to foster understanding and respect among people of all religions, races, and cultures by engaging them in service and in dialogue. Bringing back the Humanitarian Awards will emphasize the importance of recognizing the role that faith plays in the lives of our local humanitarians. Belief in God, or a higher power, teaches us to believe that no one person is greater than another is. Instead, their faith leads them to serve others, particularly those in need.“
~Anne Corriston, Executive Director
Inter-Faith Ministries
“It is very gratifying to know that this exceptional tradition will be continued by Inter-Faith Ministries. I have been fortunate to attend the award dinners when hosted by NCCJ and later by Diversity Kansas. Those events deepened my appreciation for the community leaders who make a difference in our lives. The dinner event and the awards combine to make our community a better place for all of us.”
~Judge Karen Humphreys, Chair Diversity Kansas – 2009
U.S. District Court
Submission of Nominations for the Humanitarian Awards closed April 12, 2012. Recipients of this years Humanitarian Awards will be announce the end of April. Awards will be presented at the dinner on August 16.
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Call Inter-Faith Ministries at 316-264-9303 for more information.
Humanitarian Award Nomination |
Nominations are closed.
The selection process will begin April 16, a number of outstanding nominations have been received and it will be a difficult decision to choose the award recipients. Careful consideration will be given to each nominee, when the selection process is finished and all award recipients have been contacted an announcement will be released. Many thanks to everyone who submitted a nomination.
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