The Denver Rescue Mission, the oldest full-service Christian charity serving the needy in the Rocky Mountain region, was founded in 1892. Functioning today as a non-denominational charity, no one is denied its services because of race, color, creed, gender, national origin, religion, age, handicap, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, marital, parental or military status.

The Mission owned and occupied several downtown locations before purchasing the "Jesus Saves" building at Park Avenue West and Lawrence St. in 1970. Since then, the Lawrence Street facility has drawn untold thousands to its doors for shelter, food, clothing, and medical services.

In 1987, the Mission started the New Life program. In 1988, the Mission turned the 100-acre former Mercy Farm, in Wellington, CO, into Harvest Farm, a rural rehabilitation facility. A year later, the first Literacy and Education Center was inaugurated. Champa House opened in a donated building in 1990, and in 1991, the Ministry Outreach Center, accommodating a warehouse and administrative offices, moved into a building donated by Cowles Media.

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