Lubbock’s Leading Provider of Supportive Housing
Our Mission: To cultivate community, opportunity, and restoration with people experiencing poverty, homelessness, and sex trafficking.
Since 1997, Open Door has provided resources to people in poverty, homelessness, and sex trafficking within the context of a loving and supportive community. Through our Church, Community Center, Supportive Housing, and Survivor Housing programs, Open Door creates a place where every person can live, thrive, and belong.
Cultivating Community Since 1997
Our Values
Faith is a story that shapes our lives.
Community is a people with a shared story.
Compassion is solidarity with suffering.
Empowerment is enabling people to live, thrive, and belong.
Transformation is a process of holistic change.
Since 1997
Our story began with a simple conviction: everyone needs a place to belong.
Open Door began in 1997 as Carpenter’s Church, a small church and community center created for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in Lubbock. What started as a place of welcome, worship, and connection has grown into a Christian community development organization helping people move toward housing, health, and wholeness.
For more than two decades, Open Door has walked alongside our neighbors through deep relationships, practical support, and long-term community. Today, our work includes outreach, community meals, supportive services, and housing for people who have experienced chronic homelessness, domestic violence, and sex trafficking.
From a donated building in North Overton to our current home on 13th Street, Open Door has always existed to create a place of belonging. As the needs of our community grow, so does our commitment to open the door wider.
Partnerships
Open Door believes collaboration is key to impacting our entire community. We are proud to partner with businesses across our community, state, and nation.
Open Door is a member of South Plains Homeless Consortium, Texas Homeless Network, South Plains Food Bank, and Texas Health & Human Services.