City Union Mission shares an exciting part of Kansas City’s history. It touched the life of Kansas City’s "Queen of the Red Light District", Annie Chambers, leading her to donate her brothel to City Union Mission. The brothel was converted into a safe haven for women and families. Annie even began ministering to prostitutes, sharing the hope she found in Jesus Christ.

Two years ago, Carl came to the Mission because he had no place to go. His addiction to drugs cost him his job and family. "I tried so many times to overcome my addiction, but I couldn’t do it on my own," Carl explains. It wasn’t until Carl accepted Jesus as his Savior that his recovery began. Carl graduated from the Mission’s Christian Life Program and has remained drug and alcohol free. Today Carl works at the Mission’s Men Center in Security. "I want to let the men know how God has changed my life. You can’t do it by yourself," he concludes. And so the list continues, and will continue, of lives changed through City Union Mission.