The Tolles Street Mission was founded by Reverend Peggy Smith, a divine appointment of God in November 1988 two weeks before Thanksgiving. The mission was conceived and established on the Word of God with three fundamental scriptures:
Jeremiah 31:3 (KJV)
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn the
e. Luke 4:18-19 (KJV)
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Psalm 91:1-2 (KJV)
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.