Lighthouse Ministries

About Lighthouse Ministries

Lighthouse Ministries is a sober living operator and faith-based nonprofit in Lexington, Kentucky, serving Fayette County since 2004. Alongside recovery housing, it runs a meal ministry, a shower program and a clothing ministry for people experiencing homelessness in the city.

A Faith-Based Lexington Recovery Housing Provider

Lighthouse Ministries approaches recovery housing as one piece of a broader ministry to Lexington's homeless and recovery population. Dining With Dignity provides meals, Clean Start provides showers, and a clothing ministry rounds out the organization's work outside of housing. A resident connected to Lighthouse Ministries is connected to all of it, not just a bed.

Two Decades of Continuous Operation

The organization has worked in Lexington since 2004, which gives it more institutional history than most single-program operators in the state. Shelters, courts and treatment providers in the area have had two decades to build a working relationship with Lighthouse Ministries, which shapes how quickly a referral can turn into a placement.

Kentucky's Certification Standard for Recovery Housing

Kentucky requires every recovery residence to be certified through the Kentucky Recovery Housing Network, and the law bars state agencies and health providers from referring anyone to a house that has not gone through that process. That standard applies to a faith-based nonprofit the same way it applies to any other Kentucky recovery housing operator.

A Ministry Serving All of Fayette County

Lexington is the seat of Fayette County and the center of the Bluegrass region, with a concentration of homeless services and courts that a locally rooted ministry like this one can plug directly into. Anyone referred by a Lexington shelter or court into recovery housing is likely to encounter Lighthouse Ministries somewhere along the way, given how long it has worked the same population in the same city.