Our Core Values | Our Statement of Faith | Board of Directors | Advisory Committee

Our goal statement for Citrus County's needs is as follows: We are committed to starting a foundation that will spread the word of the Gospel to those who need it most, those who have poor fundamentals for living in the world today. To meet the needs of those individuals for food, shelter and emergency care. To have them put in an environment that represents the teachings of the Bible.

No guest who is actively abusing controlled substances will be allowed to stay at the facility. After a commitment to The Path, each guest, according to the discretion of the Director, will be given enough time to change their personal circumstances, learn proper guidelines from the Gospel and be prepared to reintegrate with society.

Each guest will be required to search for work and report to the Director as to their progress. The guest will sign papers according to a savings plan and a regular donation to the facility for their stay. The goal would be approximately $1,000, so that the guest will be equipped to be on their own. Upon entering the job market, the estimated daily cost for a guest to pay the shelter is $7 a day. Each guest will be required to do various chores.

The Director has plans to start a discipleship program for those who are dedicated to the Lords work. This does not necessarily mean the guests.

The Director also has plans for organic gardening to help support a thriving community and also a soup kitchen to feed not only the shelter but any other soul who needs a hot meal or some fellowship. The Director has plans for raising funds outside the normal channels of donations, such as fund raisers, grants and foundations and direct mailings.

The soup kitchen would supply a constant need to the community for fresh food and once the supply lines are open, could keep larger organizations involved in giving large amounts of food for the shelter.

This idea includes the involvement of the local churches, their volunteers, pastors, and key people, working with the shelter to help provide the funds for everyday bills and needs. It also includes the labor involved in building or improving the property. The service of the leaders is to direct the Bible studies, prayers and cooking of the meals.

Yours sincerely with Gods commitment,
DuWayne Sipper

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Our Core Values

We wish to avoid the temptation to argue our commission. We will keep the spirit of Christ’s love in accomplishing what God has told us to do. We seek the Holy Spirit’s guidance on how to distribute all of God’s assets. We will serve the public with humility, honesty and integrity.

 Our Statement of Faith 

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and HolySpirit.
3. We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His atoning death on the cross, and His bodily resurrection from the grave.
4. We believe that Jesus Christ ascended to the right hand of the Father, now rules as Head of His Body, the Church, and will personally return in power and glory.
5. We believe that man in his natural state is lost and thus alienated from God and that salvation through personal faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ is essential.
6. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling a Christian is made spiritually alive and enabled to live a Godly life.
7. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
8. We believe in the spiritual unity of the believers in Christ.
   
   If any man be jealous of me, let him be jealous that God has touched me with love in my heart.
   
   DuWayne Sipper

Board of Directors
And He Shall Direct Your Path - Prov. 3: 6

Stuart Green - President
1026 Russell Ave.
Inverness, FL 34453
352-637-3585

Brian Ludwick
1612 N. Marlborough Loop
Crystal River, FL 34429
352-563-6508

Gary Bryant
5663 W Crossmoor Pl
Lecanto, FL 34461
352-344-3100

Connie Lobel
PO Box 1569
Inverness, Fl. 34451
352-726-1559

Mark Stone
1100 W. Main St.
Inverness, FL 34450
352-637-2777

Advisory Committee for the Path (Under Progress)

Dr. Randy T. Hodges - Sr. Pastor, Hernando Church of the Nazarene. (352) 726-6144

Chuck Morgan - Morgan Legacy Trust. Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) for financial planning; speaker, author and educator. (352) 527-1527

Dan Wilson - Florida Low Income Housing Associates, Inc. (352) 726-1113 or (888) 563-1110

Nancy Kennedy - author, speaker and columnist for The Citrus County Chronicle. (352) 563-6363 or (888) 852-2340

Ron Kitchen, Jr. - Mayor of Crystal River. (352) 795-9010 or (352) 795-2883

James T. Shidner - Rotarian, Rotary Club of Crystal River. (352) 527-4198

Rev. Don Moody - Executive Director of the Orlando Rescue Mission in Orlando Florida and assigned mentor to The Path by the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions. 407-422-4855

Bob Cohen - Owner of Bottomline Bookkeeping Service in Inverness. Bottomline has monitored the financial statements of the Path since 1999. 352-637-1122.

Association of Gospel Rescue Missions - Willing to counsel and lead in homeless missions across the United States. Over 280 missions founded by this group.1st Baptist of Leesburg is a standing member.

E-mail us at : sipperd@bellsouth.net

The Path of Citrus County
27 S. Melbourne Street, Beverly Hills, Florida 34465
352-527-6500