The Story Behind Eden Village
Our mission and vision to reduce homelessness in Tulsa.
Mission
Building relationships and communities for our homeless friends.
Vision
Working towards Tulsa being a city where #NoOneSleepsOutside.
Goal #1
Give access to a home, hope and dignity to those who can’t do it themselves.
Goal #2
Reconnect the homeless to self, family, community and God. No longer survive but thrive.
Goal #3
Put a plan in motion to help impact the homeless majority for the Tulsa area.
Ending Homelessness
Our Mission is to Make Tulsa, OK a City Where No One Sleeps Outside.
Some wandered in the wilderness, lost, and homeless. Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died. “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress. He led them to a city where they could live. PSALM 107:4-7
Over the past two years of planning, creating, developing, building, and overcoming many challenges, our Helmerich Community Center is open and it’s beautiful. We’ll soon be welcoming our first 9 new neighbors off the streets, with 18 more hopefully before the end of the year. Next spring and summer we will continue to add neighborhoods of 9 homes each, until all 63 tiny homes are serving as a new home for a chronically homeless person in Tulsa.
14-years ago, Brad Johnson, founder of Eden Village of Tulsa, slept outside, struggled for food and water, battled the elements, and felt the weight of loneliness, all while carrying his belongings on his back. “But that was by choice”, says Brad. “I had fun and knew that I had a supportive family and a home to go back to.” Brad tells this story on his 14-year anniversary of his Appalachian Trail thru-hike, something he did to test his limits and to better understand struggle, even in a superficial capacity.
For thousands here in Tulsa, the homeless community no longer has a choice, as circumstances have outweighed their options.
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Tulsa Has A Homeless Problem
It’s up to us to be the solution. Can you imagine?
Making a Difference
WHAT DOES LIVING AT AN EDEN VILLAGE LOOK LIKE?
Who lives there and how does it benefit our city?
Upon acceptance of application, a chronically homeless individual will move into their own tiny home within a community of their peers within a gated community, supported by on-site support services including, but not limited to, a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, psychiatric case managers, life skills coach, faith-based counselors, qualified mental health providers and a community center where the residents can both work and interact with other residents, guests and volunteers. It is up to that individual to become an active member of the community, provide rent and be a good, law abiding, neighbor. Residents are welcome to live in an Eden Village as long as they are a benefit to themselves and the community.
We will have support of professionals and volunteers in the medical, mental, physical, social, and spiritual areas to come into our community working and serving our residents. We hope to have job and business skills learned through our Business Incubator onsite.
