Our Mission Statement
We seek to rescue the poor and needy of the Knox area by providing recovery services in Jesus’ name.
Since 1960, KARM’s volunteers, donors and staff have answered the call to restore lives in Jesus’ name. We pursue this mission using the same ministry formula Jesus used:
RESCUE + RELATIONSHIPS = RESTORATION
He rescued us. He longs for a relationship with us. He uses that rescue and growing relationship to restore us to God, to self, to family and to community.
KARM Leadership Team
PRESIDENT & CEO
I love serving at KARM because I have the opportunity to witness our formula of Rescue + Relationships = Restoration lived out every day and to see men and women reconciled with God, family and community.
VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEMENT
We are all broken and in need of redemption. It’s my privilege to be the hands and feet of Jesus, furthering the gospel alongside KARM’s staff, volunteers, donors and guests.
VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
Almost 30 years ago, I was blessed to be a KARM board member. I received a much bigger blessing when I returned as a KARM team member. I think God has fulfilled His plans for me (Psalm 20:4) by allowing me to finish my career at KARM.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
David Platt wrote, “We don’t follow a health and wealth savior. We follow a homeless and wounded Savior.” Jesus would serve at KARM. I want to be like Jesus.
VICE PRESIDENT FOR PEOPLE AND CULTURE
Every day at KARM, I have the opportunity to pray with and for our guests, employees, and volunteers. When you see the power of God daily changing lives in so many ways, how can you not want to be a part of that?”
VICE PRESIDENT OF SERENITY MINISTRIES
If Jesus was on the earth in the flesh today, I believe KARM and Serenity are exactly where He would be. Miracles happen here every day!
VICE PRESIDENT OF INFORMATION/TECHNOLOGY
Working at KARM combines the high privileges of serving those most in need, mirroring God’s grace, and demonstrating the joy of Christian service—all while helping take care of a wide range of practical needs with team members who are focused on eternity.
KARM Directors
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Every day, I have the privilege of bearing witness to and telling the stories of how God works in the lives of men, women and children at KARM — seeking, saving, redeeming and restoring them.
DIRECTOR OF SAFETY
I’m honored to be given the privilege and blessing to use my gifts and experience for a faith-based, ministry-focused, life-changing organization. God has shown me so much grace and mercy, and I’m doing my best to pour His love into others at a time when they are most vulnerable! (Colossians 1:9-12)
DIRECTOR OF FOOD SERVICES
Working at KARM provides me with the blessing of making a positive impact in the lives of those we serve. It’s a great responsibility with great rewards.
DIRECTOR OF BEREA
I believe with my whole heart God brought me to KARM for such a time as this. Every day at 418 North Broadway, I get to “serve Jesus by serving others.” WHAT A PRIVILEGE!
DIRECTOR OF CHAPLAIN SERVICES
Through God’s overwhelming grace and mercy, He is “restoring my soul.” (Psalm 23:3) I’m blessed beyond measure to be able to share with others in word and deed about how He can restore their lives as well as their souls.
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S MINISTRIES
God has used each step of my journey to bring me to this place of ministry ‘for such a time as this.’ One needs a calling to mission and ministry, and working at KARM ignites that passion in my life.
DIRECTOR OF LEARNING & STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
My work at KARM is an expression of God’s great mercy on my life and the desire to pass that mercy on to other broken lives through “proclaiming good news to the poor” and seeking to “set the captives free.” Luke 4:18-19
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
As a former volunteer at KARM and now an employee, I have the great pleasure of partnering with churches, companies, families and individuals in our community to experience firsthand God’s grace for the people we serve at KARM.
DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH
“In the face of an ocean of despair, my only response can be an ocean of love. Just love people where they are.”
“To bear sins means to go where the sinner is…to devote oneself to his recovery and follow him with ceaseless ministry, knowing he cannot be recovered without his consent…and his consent may be indefinitely withheld.”.
William Maltby | British evangelist
Board of Directors
Doug Yoakley – Chairman
Trish Wilson – Vice Chairman
Bobby Stogner – Finance Chairman
Dale Keasling – Secretary
George Brown
Dr. William Burkhart
Rick Cox
Cathy Gonzalez
Dan Hurst
Dr. Joe Johnson
Ray Kielarowski
Dr. Lee Martin
Dennis McClane
Wayman McLaughlin Jr.
Taylor Ogle
W. Frank Smith III
David Youngblood
Danita McCartney, President & CEO