Our Mission

Our Mission, Our Story, Our Ministries, Your Hope!

Our mission is: To connect with Broken People, who with a Hand Up can find Hope for a Better Life. We spell Hope J-E-S-U-S. We believe Jesus sets the captives free. Captivity comes in the form of physical, emotional, mental, sexual, and spiritual bondage. A Hand Up Ministry specializes in working with men and women who are held captive in chemical addiction, i.e., drugs and alcohol. We provide a safe space and structured environment centered around Celebrate Recovery, bible reading, prayer, worship, fellowship, honest work, and a whole lot of Jesus. We aim to give participants in our program a new lease on life with a new set of spiritual and emotional tools and a growing relationship with Christ. The ultimate goal is freedom… freedom from addiction and freedom to be the sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers they were always called to be.

Our Story

The story of A Hand Up Ministry features Rex and Tammi, a generous couple that said, “Here we are Lord. Send us.”

The call: In 2016, a young man was coming out of incarceration who needed to travel a new road. The old road led to the same things… addiction, heartache, and more incarceration. Rex, a pastor with a heart for the broken, was no stranger to the penal system with 20 years working for the Georgia state prison system.

The answer: Rex and Tammi answered the call and stood in the gap for this young man. Their caring community failed to provide for the needs of the young man. They gave him a place to go, a new way of life, and hope for something better. Their selflessness started something great by meeting a growing need for rehabilitation in the Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee tri-state area. More men and women continued to come looking for hope and freedom. Rex and Tammi along with their community continued to show up and meet the need. The Lord blessed their offering and A Hand Up Ministry was officially born in 2017. The 12-month, faith-based, residential recovery program now houses up to 24 men and women in two residences in need of a new way of life through Jesus Christ.

The future: The story does not end here. The Lord continues to grow the ministry with other offerings such as a hotline called the HopeLine for those looking for hope and help in life’s brokenness, a podcast called Hope Connection delivering stories of freedom from addiction, and, or course, the Hope House Café serving classic dishes during breakfast and lunch in Trenton, Georgia.

Our Ministries

The Hope House is the women’s recovery program. This program offers women struggling with addiction a chance to find freedom so they may be the women at home and in the community that God always intended them to be. You can hear a testimony of one of the participants here.

Iron Sharpens Iron is the men’s recovery program. The main residence is on Sand Mountain. In addition to recovery, the men learn leadership and interpersonal skills to be better contributors in the community and better husbands/fathers at home. Click here for a testimony.

The Hope House Café is a restaurant largely staffed by the women of Hope House. Attached to the same facility as the women’s residence in Trenton, GA, the café not only provides a place for the community to eat and fellowship, but also a place for the women participants to learn new skills.

The HopeLine is a number for anyone in need of assistance in the tri-state area to call. The HopeLine provides connections to other services and organizations along with a listening ear and compassionate heart when the world may seem hopeless.

Hope Connection is a podcast exploring the redemptive power of Christ in the lives of those in the community surrounding A Hand Up Ministry. Watch and listen to these podcasts on all of the major platforms and be encouraged about the work being done to transform lives and restore hope.