Forney Charities
Improving communities by helping residents, one person at a time.
House of Hope – OHV
House of Hope is a proposed recovery center planning to provide treatment for opioid and related addictions in an in-patient setting. State of the art recovery modalities and proven best practices for men in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia will be deployed.
Our Family
In 2012, The Rev. Dr. John Forney and his two sons, Jonathan and Christopher, founded Forney Charities, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Their overarching goal is to improve communities as a whole by helping its residents, one person at a time. Over time, our mission and…
Projects “Our Impact”
Since 2012, Forney Charities has been busy reaching out to people in communities across the country. Our Projects include Tutoring initiative – East Los Angeles Webb Schools Scholarship Warrior – Wheelin’ for Warriors For a Prophetic Faith House of Hope – Ohio Valley House…
On Wings of Grace
We’ve always had someone who believed in us. If we hadn’t, we wouldn’t have made it this far through all the trials and tribulations of this life. We wouldn’t have made anything of ourselves. As a hymn puts it, “Blessed are the feet of…
To Forgive and Reconcile
My next-door neighbor Tom – the one who taught me how to drive a big rig — told me one afternoon that his brother had gone to collect the rent at one of the houses he owned. His brother knocked on the door, it…
Holy Persistence
When I ran an ecumenical fair housing project for the San Gabriel Valley, I could always count on four faith communities: the Quakers, the Universalist Unitarians, Disciples of Christ and Catholics who believed in the social teachings of the Catholic Church. But day-in and…
