Room In The Inn’s Campus for Human Development is a religious non-profit organization, which was formed by the merger of three other organizations:
  • Room In The Inn
  • The Guest House
  • FOCUS (Faith Organizations in Covenant for Understanding and Service).

All three provided services to people who are homeless in Middle Tennessee. The merger resulted in a single site of services.

Our agency is a model of public/private partnerships, committed to providing enhanced services to the people who are homeless as well as improving the "system" by which these services are delivered.

Our Mission - Emphasizing the scriptural ideals of love and community through service to the homeless, our Campus provides faithful people of Nashville an opportunity to respond directly to the broken and disenfranchised among us. This fellowship with the poor is at the heart of our purpose.

Our Core Values - Through the power of spirituality and the practice of love, Room In The Inn’s Campus for Human Development provides hospitality with a respect that offers hope in a community of non-violence.

Our History - Room In The Inn’s Campus for Human Development is an extension of the outreach ministry of more than 200 religious congregations in Nashville. Original programs now part of the Campus date back to 1969. Individuals and organizations that created the East Nashville Cooperative Ministries, Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen, and Storefront Ministries later grew to become entities such as Room In The Inn, the Guest House, and FOCUS. The leadership of Father Charles Strobel and David Webb brought forth a shared vision from varied roots and backgrounds.

Our Authority - Religious congregations determine whether or not we exist. They constitute the membership of the organization and elect our Board of Directors. The Board serves at the pleasure of the congregations, which are, in essence, the "shareholders" of the Campus. Therefore, Room In The Inn’s Campus for Human Development cannot exist without this congregational vote of approval and support.