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
*NOTE: Because of the COVID 19 CRISIS, we are unable to gather inside The Door is Open meeting space.
Our usual schedule of meetings have been changed and temporarily reduced.
We are serving food and hot beverages, some clothing and bedding, Bibles and prayer out on the street on Wednesday nights and Thursday nights we use FACEBOOK LIVESTREAM to present Worship Hour to maintain contact and encourage one another.
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, tukes!
WEDNESDAY 7pm until about 8pm
In all weather, out on the street infront of The Door Is Open. FOOD. We serve sandwiches, pastries, savoury snacks, often we have hot soup or chilli in take-away containers. Fruit! Hot coffee and hot chocolate.
BIBLES and New Testaments for all who want them.
There’s PRAYER for any and all.
The atmosphere is saturated with WORSHIP and PRAISE to Jesus!
THURSDAY 7pm till 8ish.
Open Heaven WORSHIP & PRAISE MEETING.
Once again we gather by the technology of FACEBOOK to join our hearts and voices in glorifying Jesus! Each week will be facilitated by a different musician. This meeting can get quite wild! You can sing, shout, whoop, holler, jump around and dance to your hearts content! Hallelujah!
LATEST VIDEOS:
*Every Wednesday and Thursday we FACEBOOK LIVESTREAM videos. Please click on Facebook at the bottom of the page to move to FACEBOOK 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.