About
We’re committed to bringing God’s Church back to the center of every community…
From Your Neighborhood to the Nations
A Global Faith-Based Nonprofit
Our world is hurting like never before—rising homelessness, addiction, incarceration, and more are leaving communities broken and searching for hope.
Too often, well-meaning community-based organizations and nonprofits fall short of addressing deeper issues and offering a way to true healing.
Meanwhile, countless churches dream of being a powerful force for restoration but feel outgunned, under-resourced, and unsure where to begin.
Who We Are
At CityServe we value… collaboration, community, service, integrity and inclusivity.
Vision
Our vision is to empower the local church to be the center of community and the driving catalyst for restorative relationships with those in need.
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Board of Directors
A Collaborative Network
Designed for Greater Impact
Through a collaboration of churches, faith-based nonprofits, government agencies, businesses, and community leaders, we empower and equip the local church to reach those who are hurting and in need with compassion.
Thank you to our partners who make this possible
History & Milestones
For several decades CityServe Co-Founders, Wendell Vinson & Dave Donaldson served together both within the local church and in leading national relief and compassion organizations responding to national and international disasters. During those years a growing awareness to see the local church across America strengthened and resourced to reach their neighborhoods more effectively became a burning passion. This deep conviction that the local church is God’s infrastructure for the healing of America moved our Co-Founders to respond to doors that God was clearly opening. It soon became obvious that a God sized miracle of significant proportion was in the works.
2015
Through a generous gift during Christmas season 2015 CityServe acquired the nearly 200,000 square feet former Montgomery Ward’s building in the heart of Central California.
2016
2017
First truckloads of GIK began arriving to Kern County in California empowering a network of local churches to begin serving their neighbors in need. Rebuild and automation of the CityServe Headquarters entire electrical system, plumbing, HVAC and code enhancements to support the repurpose of building began.
2018
CityServe begins expanding throughout Central and Southern California through a growing network of partner churches with the development of regional HUBS.
2019
Continuing to develop the systems, processes and staffing to support an expanding network of churches CityServe focuses on three primary deliverables to support our 10 Compassion Initiatives. 1.) Building a robust supply chain to serve the local church and faith based nonprofits. 2.) Capacity building of the local church for local compassion evangelism. 3.) A platform for local churches to more dynamically and cohesively work together to reach their community.
2020
Covid - 19 pandemic became a global crisis. Through relationships previously formed between CityServe co-founders and government leaders in the United States Department of Agriculture, CityServe was called upon by the White House to help coordinate the national faith-based food response through the Farmers to Families emergency food program. The Faith-Based Community for Farmers to Families, facilitated by CityServe, distributed 17.3 million food boxes to families in the "Last Mile of Need" which accounted for approximately 10% of the program's distribution nationwide.
2021
Through the continued Covid-19 Farmers to Families response CityServe was introduced to thousands of churches and leaders across the nation. These relationships opened a wide door for CityServe to expand from California to additional states through the development of our National Affiliate Model.
In 2021 CityServe also moved into the newly constructed central administrative offices. As well, CityServe began construction on what will be the heart of the organization, “The Matthew 25 Center for Compassion Initiatives”. This center will support the 10 Initiative teams charged with resourcing and strengthening the local church nationally to engage in God’s compassion template seen throughout scripture.
2022
CityServe Europe launched in response to the Russia-Ukraine crisis with a 4-fold strategy to help churches rescue and care for Ukrainian people
2023
CityServe Israel launched “Operation: Save Israel” in response of the Hamas attacks with primary focus to adopt Ein Habesor
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