Good Samaritan Ministries was founded by Dr. Michael D. McClary and his late wife, Janet, in the summer of 1987. Armed only with his King James Bible and the call of God on His life, Dr. McClary began a journey of service to His Lord. Dr. McClary, himself a product of the destruction and devastation that the abuse of drugs and alcohol will bring, accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior in 1982 at the Union Mission in Norfolk, Virginia. Since then, he has never looked back. While serving on staff as both a chaplain and evening supervisor at the mission, Dr. McClary took correspondence courses in Biblical Theology and was eventually ordained to preach in 1985. After a brief time of preparation as the chaplain of the Peninsula Rescue Mission in Newport News, Virginia, Dr. McClary was led to Richmond, Virginia, to start an inner city outreach to those in need of a “touch from the Master’s hand.”
Good Samaritan Ministries is a Christian Mission that helps people trapped in homelessness, poverty, and addiction get their lives back and become productive members of our community. Our ministry goes beyond toxic charity that just meets temporary needs but leaves a person still trapped in the situation that had wrecked their lives. We address the needs of the whole person, emergency and long-term.
