Stories

We are excited to share that our STEP LR and STEP NLR mentoring centers are now fully staffed! Mary Porter came on board in early April as the STEP LR Women's Mentor Coordinator. She and her husband, Rodney, have been actively involved in St. Mark Baptist Church in...

In addition to our Gospel-focused mentoring program, the STEP After-School Tutoring program is helping elementary-aged children to learn and grow in basic reading and math skills. As this school year was wrapping up, one of the young girls, M'Leah, who has been a part...

In February 2024, we had to move the STEP LR mentoring club session to the church's sanctuary for one night so that the gym could be set up for an upcoming retirement celebration for Dr. W.W. Walker after 52 years of pastoring First Baptist Church Highland Park.That...

As we turn the page to begin 2024, in addition to the incredible things we see through our existing STEP evening mentoring clubs and tutoring in North Little Rock, as well as the existing in school Encourager programs across central Arkansas, we want to share with you...

STEP just finished our two-week Summer Literacy Camp led by Juli Atkinson, STEP Literacy and Tutoring Coordinator, that provided 15 children with one-on-one reading help, while also teaching them about the Beatitudes and how to live them out practically in their...

In mid-June we launched our new STEP LR location - doubling our efforts in central Arkansas through an additional neighborhood mentoring center!A staff of 25 Christian young adults from Kids Across America (KAA) camp's "Higher Ground" discipleship group, as well as...

Our partner churches and volunteer mentors, tutors, and encouragers make a significant difference in the lives of young people in our community. It's graduation season, and we are happy to celebrate our STEP graduating seniors. Seniors like George.George and his...

STEP Ministries was presented with the Difference Maker award by Rainwater Holt & Sexton! We were chosen because of our Christian one-on-one youth mentoring and tutoring impact toward the Victory over Violence campaign in central Arkansas. STEP shares the love,...

The in-school STEP Encourager program represented church-school partnerships in which volunteers go to the school for one hour a week and meet with 2 students, one on one for 30 minutes each, and help with reading, math, and serve as another caring adult. STEP has...

We had a truly wonderful 21st Annual STEP Christmas Toy Store in December thanks to toy and financial donations from our partner churches, individuals, and James Greene & Associates! The STEP CHRISTmas Toy Store is an annual event in which low-income families in...