The Anchor is a United Methodist Church gathering people from all walks of life (unhoused and housed, rich and poor, young and old, skeptics and believers, and everyone in between) for community and worship. Thank you so much for your interest in this mission and ministry.
The Anchor does not envision a city where everyone is housed and fed and clothed. Other organizations and churches have that vision and it is a worthy one. Every group cannot be and do everything, so we partner with other service providers to help meet these critical needs for community members.
The Anchor exists to invite people into a fundamentally different way
of relating to one another.
Our guide is Scripture’s concept of neighbor.
We do not have to be good friends to be good neighbors.
Neighbors behave with kindness and respect. Neighbors practice mutual care, mercy, and honor the dignity and sacred worth of every person right where they are. Housed or not, sober or not, mentally ill or not, whether individuals have overcome their personal struggles (obvious or invisible) or not.
All systemic change that addresses the causes of homelessness and poverty emerge from this starting place and are built on this foundation.
The Anchor envisions a Wilmington where everyone lives as neighbors and works to tackle the challenges of poverty and homelessness together.