Inspiration Ministries is a resident community for physically challenged adults located on 155 acres near Walworth, Wisconsin. The campus includes a resident building, four resident apartment buildings, a resale and coffee shop, retreat center, camping sites, hiking trails, a swimming pool, and workshop. Eighty residents enjoy a warm, home-like community – more... where people with disabilities are encouraged and enabled to enjoy maximum fulfillment of their lives.
Inspiration Ministries is not owned by any church or individual, but is under the direction of a Board of Directors composed of men and women from various occupations. Board members and administrators desire to provide the leadership necessary so physically challenged residents have opportunities to maximize their potential within an environment that encourages them to experience lives that are joyful and productive.
Inspiration Ministries is open to residents of all races and religious backgrounds, and operates financially from resident fees and the gifts of friends, businesses, foundations and congregations.
In 1946, Charlie Pedersen, pastor of a small country church, was touched by the faith, positive attitude and message of a physically disabled member of his congregation. Deeply moved, Charlie immediately wondered how he could help others have this same outlook on life. In 1948, a Board of Directors was formed, and the ministry was incorporated. The Christian League for the Handicapped, which today is known as Inspiration Ministries, became a reality.
In 1950, the ministry established a summer camp on a piece of property on Lake Geneva calling it "Camp Hope". In 1953, it purchased a piece of property with several buildings in the Village of Walworth and work began to make it accessible and convenient as a residence for people with disabilities. On October 26, 1954, the facility opened with three residents.
The summer camping outreach continued at rented facilities each summer. After the initial year at Camp Hope, property was rented in northern Wisconsin for camp.
In 1959, a farm was purchased as the new home of the Christian League. Without resources to build everything right away, Charlie and the Board of Directors decided to construct a workshop as the first building on the site and a first of its kind in the nation.
This decision was not only based on economics - the workshop being the easiest and least expensive building to construct - but also on a founding principle of the Christian League. From the beginning, it was stressed that work is a way of life ordained by God. It also offers a strong warning against willful inactivity. That is why the Christian League has always sought work opportunities for residents so they can have the chance to become as self-supporting as possible. – less – More from ZoomInfo »
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