Mission Statement
Real people serving a real risen Jesus!
Feeding Vancouver's hungry with spiritual and physical food
The Gospel Mission is located in the downtown east-side of Vancouver and is the oldest mission in the city and the oldest in Canada. It has been in operation since 1929 and was in it's previous location for 70 years, since the 1940's.
PRESENT Location:
Gospel Mission, hosted in The Door Is Open, 255 Dunlevy Avenue. V6A 3A5 Vancouver, BC
Mailing Address:
Gospel Mission Society
PO Box 98802 The W PO
Vancouver, BC V6B 0M4
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING
Gospel Mission Society presents an evening of service, support, friendship, and worship every Wednesday starting at 7pm.
We serve bread, bottled water, freshly made soup, a selection of sandwiches, sweet and savory pastries, cookies and fudge, fruit, food, hot beverages, some clothing and bedding, Bibles and prayer.
When the weather allows us to, we provide our service on the sidewalk outside The Door Is Open on Dunlevy Avenue, DTES. When it’s wet or snowing we serve inside The Door Is Open.
EXTREME COLD WEATHER:
When we experience extremely cold weather…team members often head into the streets and alleys downtown to hand out hot chocolate and sandwiches. We also distribute clothing and bedding that have been donated. Big, big thanks to all who have donated sleeping bags, blankets, warm jackets, coats, fleeces, hoodies, socks, gloves, and tukes!
A more detailed look at the ministry:
During the week we gather donations of CLOTHING, BEDDING, bath towels and bathroom accessories. We also collect donations of fresh bread and pastries.
The FOOD is prepared well before it is served. We have a volunteers who faithfully bake cookies and make delicious fudge every week. Tuesday nights or Wednesday mornings we have a roster of folk who make dozens and dozens of individually packaged sandwiches. Wednesday mornings soup is made for upwards of 150 people.
BIBLES and New Testaments are made available, often in several languages, for all who want them.
There’s a PRAYER team who pray during the week for blessing, favor and God’s protection on all we do. They arrive early on Wednesdays and are available to pray for any who request prayer.
The atmosphere is saturated with WORSHIP and PRAISE to Jesus! There is live music out on the street while we minister and the people we serve often join their voices with ours as we worship Jesus.
LATEST VIDEOS:
*Every Wednesday we take a short video of the ministry. Please click on Facebook at the bottom of the page to move to FACEBOOK to view them.
The Gospel Mission or 'Pigeon Mission' as it is known by street people, is in many ways an old fashion mission.
Built in the 1889, the building is a typical brick two-story building (see picture on right) located in Gastown on the north side of a small park called 'Pigeon Square'.
Both the park and surrounding buildings date back to the early years of Vancouver, B.C., which was originally, called 'Granville Town'.
It's located on the second floor and there is a faded reminder of the buildings past painted on the side of it, that says,"Louvre Saloon, beds 20 cents".
The mission is one of the oldest ones in Vancouver.
The date of it being turned into a mission is sketchy, but I have spoken to people who have been coming there since the 40’s.
The A.C.O.P. has had a mission in that area since 1929.
Gospel Mission - Heritage Plaque Presentation
In 2011, the Vancouver Heritage Foundation named 325-331 Carrall Street, where the Mission has been located since the 1940s, one of Vancouver's 125 "Places That Matter". On April 28, 2012, the VHF presented the plaque.