IRON HOUSE

Iron House is Guiding Light’s own sober-living housing complex.

Long Term. Holistic.

Our goal for men is lifelong recovery and a new way of being in relationship with the world.

Iron House is our own sober-living apartment – five buildings in a safe and family-oriented neighborhood in Kentwood and one building located closer to downtown Grand Rapids. They’re reserved exclusively for the men who have gone through Guiding Light’s Recovery or Back to Work programs.

The Residents all have jobs. They buy their own food, pay their own bills and are engaging with each other regularly. They look after and support each other. They’re practicing community in the best way they can.

FIND SAFETY

REQUIREMENTS

Finished the Foundations phase of Recovery Program.
Be working full time.
Stay current on rent.
Stay clean and sober.
Willingness to continue on this journey.

Hear Their Stories

For the men at Guiding Light the first step toward starting a new life chapter is learning from the stories that brought them here. From their darkest nights to their first new dawn of many, these men leave nothing out of their gripping testimonials. You see God’s light beginning to work within them.

Stories

AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO ONE PERSON SHARPENS ANOTHER. PROVERBS 27:17

The Gift of Time & Resources

The Guiding Light Iron House Program provides men with a safe house, a community and an opportunity to build each other up for long term success.

LET THE THIEF NO LONGER STEAL, BUT RATHER LET HIM LABOR, DOING HONEST WORK WITH HIS OWN HANDS, SO THAT HE MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH ANYONE IN NEED. EPHESIANS 4:28

Give Help

By donating to Guiding Light, you are helping Grand Rapids men who are lost, homeless or recovering from addiction and substance abuse get off the street and on a payroll.

78%

of men who entered Iron House have achieved one year sobriety

Impact