Urban Outreach Indy

We carry the light into the city's hardest places.

Blessing bags, hot showers, and the love of Jesus — brought to our neighbors experiencing homelessness across Indianapolis, every week.

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Based in: Indianapolis, IN
On the streets: Every week
Planted: April 2021
Our charge: Matthew 28:18–20

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What we do

Love you can hold in your hands.

We meet real, physical needs first — and in doing so, build the relationships where hope can take root. Every week, we head out to serve our neighbors on the streets of Indianapolis.

Blessing Bags

Bags packed with the essentials — food, water, socks, and hygiene supplies — handed neighbor to neighbor, with dignity.

Carried out every week

The Bloodmobile

Our red shower trailer gives many their first hot shower in a very long time — a moment of warmth, cleanliness, and worth.

The shower trailer

Prayer & the Gospel

We stop, we listen, and we pray — for healing, safety, deliverance, and above all, salvation in Jesus Christ.

Heart of the work

2021Planted in Indianapolis

WeeklyOut serving the streets

One missionSee people as Jesus does

Chris and Missy, founders of Urban Outreach Indy

Chris & MissyAnswered the call · 2021

Our Story

He wrecked me, and I'm grateful.

From poor choices to a calling on the streets.

When Missy and I had been married for just a few years, she told me she believed I was called into ministry. I laughed. But after some very poor choices, I let God “wreck” me — and wreck me He did.

I started serving in street ministry around St. Louis — food pantries, the streets, the housing projects — and I became addicted to helping “the least of these.” Because at one point or another, every one of us has been the least of these.

“You'll be planting a UO with me someday.”

Jay Covert spoke those words over me back in 2017. We said yes, moved to Indianapolis in April 2021, and it's been amazing to watch the doors God has opened ever since.

ChrisFounder · Urban Outreach Indy

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Vision

Live the Great Commission.

18And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations… 20teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18–20 · NASB →

Our mission is to go to the most destitute parts of America's inner cities and bring the hope of Jesus. We believe that when we meet physical needs and build real relationships, hearts are made ready to receive the life-changing gospel — and that God is going to use U/O Indy to see the hurting, the lost, and the broken set free.

View Points

A look at the work, from the streets up.

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The signature ride

The Bloodmobile

This is our shower trailer, where we're able to give many the first shower they've had in a very long time. A young boy at a church I was speaking to called it the “Bloodmobile” — and the name stuck.

It's fitting. It's red, and only the Blood of Jesus can wash us and make us white as snow.

The team praying together before outreach — We circle up and pray before heading out — heads bowed, hands on shoulders, asking God to go before us.

Volunteers and families gathered at the trailer — It takes a team — volunteers and families gathered at the trailer before an outreach.

The path down into a homeless camp — The camps aren't easy to reach. We head down the path to bring showers and supplies to people right where they live.

The Urban Outreach Indy van — The van hauls the trailer, the supplies, and the team out to the streets every single week.

Church volunteers serving alongside the team — Church partners give their time to serve right alongside us — we couldn't do this without them.

The shower trailer set up in the neighborhood — Set up at a neighborhood site — the trailer open and ready, in a community we're blessed to serve.

Hands joined in prayer on the street — Hands held together in prayer — for healing, for dignity, and for hope in Jesus, right where people are.

The red shower trailer and ministry van — Our rig — the red shower trailer and the van that pulls it, ready to roll out for another day on the streets.

News

From the streets, every month.

Our monthly newsletter is the best way to follow what God is doing through Urban Outreach Indy — the people we're meeting, the prayers being answered, and the ways you can step in and help.

Catch the latest stories, photos, and needs straight from the field.

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Latest Urban Outreach Indy newsletter — May 2026

Partner

Send hope to the streets with us.

We can't do this alone. Your partnership — whether through giving or your time — puts blessing bags in hands, keeps the Bloodmobile rolling, and brings the love of Jesus to our neighbors who need it most.

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