Who We Are

Our Mission

At Mount Simon Ministries Church, we are called to offer help, give hope, and witness the transformative healing of families and children impacted by domestic violence, child trauma, sexual abuse, and human trafficking—all in the name of Jesus Christ.

Through a variety of programs and services, with the priority currently on finanncial support for legal services and a safe home for 18-36 months, for mothers and children to heal, rebuild and relaunch their lives with joy and security.

The Lydia Philippi House of Justice will also offer the following support programs with more in development on the way:

  • Counseling for spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being
  • Holistic health/nutrition initiatives/tness center
  • Support for displaced mothers and children with their pets
  • Safe housing 18-36 months
  • Tutoring and therapy for children
  • Mentorship programs for children and mothers
  • Economic and business support
  • Biblically based discipleship
  • Opportunities to learn various trade skills
  • Life skills
  • Agricultural programs
  • Entrepreneurial development
  • Mother/family direct sponsorship giving
  • Community focused events
  • And more!

We recognize the far-reaching effects of domestic violence, which acts as an octopus with many destructive and abusive tentacles—physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, spiritual, financial, and even technological. Each form of abuse leaves a lasting impact, and we are here to combat them all with compassion and faith.

Mount Simon Ministries is committed to being a partner to our community and the world, offering the love and hope God inspires within us. Our mission is to bring healing to the hearts of those suffering in silence, fear, and loneliness, helping them find peace and restoration.

This is the heart of Mount Simon Ministries Church—a place where God’s love changes lives, one step at a time.

Read Our 508 Determination Letter

WE are the body of Christ, the hands and feet of Jesus,

CALLED to love the world just as Jesus does, to hear their hearts, minister to their spirits, and bless their lives!

Simply, Mount Simon Ministries is a non-traditional, non-denominational church body of PEOPLE, not a building, loving one another as themselves; a place to hear and be heard.

A Message From Our Founder and Board President, Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins

No matter what path you find yourself traveling you are here for a purpose. 

There is nothing in your life that is going to be wasted and not used.  This truth has proven itself over and over throughout my entire life. 

As I have faced teenage crisis pregnancy, adoption, divorce, cancer, domestic violence (by law enforcement), child trauma, spiritual abuse, rape, the abuse of my own children, and more, I have come to know and experience through sorrow and suffering the only comfort, freedom, liberation, and security that has stood the test of time in my life, the unshakable truth that I am deeply and wonderfully loved and known by a God that cares and has my best interest. 

NOTHING in my life has happened just because.  There is NOTHING in my life that God will not work together for my good because He has called me to thrive and not merely survive.

Mount Simon Ministries was started as part of my healing process from domestic violence and narcissistic abuse of myself and my children. Through a road of redemption, Christ has seen fit to bless me with incredible people around me with the vision and passion I have to see others freed from abusers and life’s circumstances that keep us in the mode of surviving when we were meant to THRIVE.

Here you will find a place that is safe to hear, be heard, and heal. No matter what you’re facing, you don’t have to face it alone. Come, be heard, hear,  and be healed.  You are welcome here.

Statement of Faith

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only inerrant, authoritative Word of God revealing the love of God to the world.

1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 3:16.

2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.

3. We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.

4. We believe that all men everywhere are lost, separated from God at birth, and face judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ is required by one’s heart and mind which results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, we believe that God will reward the righteous regenerate with eternal life in heaven, and that He will banish the unrighteous unregenerate to everlasting punishment in hell.

Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.

5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.

John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.

6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.

1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.

7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that ALL true believers are members of His body, the Church.

1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.

8. We believe that the ministry of evangelism (sharing and proclaiming the message of salvation only possible by grace through faith in Jesus Christ) and discipleship (helping followers of Christ grow up into maturity in Christ) is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.

9. We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.

Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.

10. We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.

Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.

11. We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.

Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10.

12. We believe in the great commission to go into all the world and share the love of JESUS to ALL human kind. Our ability to love on and serve others is not limited to only believers. Jesus calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves and this is the HEART of this ministry!