{"id":23847,"date":"2026-06-20T04:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=f02a98fb4ec0c1411a106b101dcb89d1"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:57:00","slug":"willie-l-jordan-pioneering-skid-row-missionary-and-chairman-of-the-board-of-fred-jordan-missions-dies-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=23847","title":{"rendered":"Willie L. Jordan, Pioneering Skid Row Missionary and Chairman of the Board of Fred Jordan Missions, Dies at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nBeloved ministry leader spent more than seven decades serving the poor, hungry, and homeless from the streets of downtown Los Angeles to nations around the world.<\/i><\/p><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Willie L. Jordan, the trailblazing missionary, broadcaster, and former president of Fred Jordan Missions<\/a>, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, June 13, 2026, at her home in Glendora, California. She was 93. For more than 75 years, Willie Jordan brought help and hope to lost, hurting, and impoverished children, men, and women across the world, becoming one of the most recognized voices in inner-city ministry in the United States.<\/p>

\n\u201cMy mom went to sleep in her home and woke up to Jesus saying, \u2018Well done, thy good and faithful servant,\u2019\u201d said her son, Joe Jordan, President of Fred Jordan Missions<\/a>. \u201cAfter 93 years of life, an amazing marriage to my father Fred, seven children, and serving millions all over the world with the love of Jesus, she finished her race and now walks on streets of gold with Jesus.\u201d<\/p>

\nA LIFE OF SERVICE<\/b><\/p>

\nWillie Jordan felt called by God to share His love with a hurting world at the age of 13, and by 15 she was speaking and teaching personal \u201csoul winning\u201d in churches throughout Southern California. After high school, she traveled across the nation, challenging young people to give their lives in service to others.<\/p>

\nHer commitment soon carried her around the globe. While in Korea shortly after the war, she encountered a baby who had fallen into an open fire while his mother searched nearby hillsides for roots to boil for nourishment. Willie rushed the child to a makeshift hospital but watched helplessly as he died. The experience changed the course of her life. She returned to the United States, raised the needed funds, and went back to Korea seven months later to oversee the construction of an orphanage \u2014 a facility that has since grown into one of the largest in Korea, caring for more than 500 children with mental and physical disabilities.<\/p>

\nIt was a shared commitment to feeding hungry hearts and hungry bodies that drew Willie to her future husband, Fred Jordan, who founded the American Soul Clinic on Skid Row in 1944. Willie joined the vision in 1949, attending the Soul Clinic School and beginning a lifelong commitment to the Mission. Together, she and Fred carried God\u2019s love from the streets of Los Angeles to the far corners of the earth, building orphanages, schools, mission stations, and churches in Japan, Liberia, Hong Kong, Argentina, Taiwan, Mexico, and Ghana.<\/p>

\nIn 1951, the ministry launched its weekly television program, \u201cChurch in the Home\u201d \u2014 now the longest-running show of its kind. Hosted by Fred, with Willie appearing alongside him, the broadcast carried the needs of a hurting world into living rooms across the country. Willie was also well known to radio audiences as the host of \u201cTake Three,\u201d a daily short-format biblical teaching program airing on KWVE 107.9 FM (K-Wave), the Southern California Christian radio station. Through the airwaves, she challenged listeners to follow the example of Jesus, \u201cwho was moved with compassion\u201d when He saw the needy multitudes.<\/p>

\nFollowing Fred\u2019s death in 1988, Willie continued the work they had shared, becoming the only female president of a Skid Row-based mission \u2014 one of the most dynamic inner-city ministries in the nation \u2014 and renaming it Fred Jordan Missions<\/a> in honor of his legacy. The following year, in 1989, she expanded the Mission\u2019s vision to reach women and children, partnering with Footlocker to launch its first Back-to-School event. Under her leadership, the Mission provided daily meals for nearly 1,000 poor and hungry children, mothers, and men, alongside back-to-school clothing for thousands of children, baby necessities, inner-city camps, discipleship programs, emergency blankets and clothing, and daily Bible studies and chapel services.<\/p>

\nThe Mission\u2019s legendary Holiday Celebrations in the Streets grew to serve as many as 20,000 needy families in a single day, drawing partnership from major corporations, schools, universities, churches, politicians, and celebrities, and coverage from television networks around the world.<\/p>

\nA LASTING LEGACY<\/b><\/p>

\nThe mother of seven children, Willie often said her greatest joy came from the gratitude she saw in the eyes of those who knew she cared. \u201cWe took our children to Skid Row from the time they were four weeks old, and it certainly didn\u2019t hurt them,\u201d she once said. \u201cTaking our children with us throughout their childhood brought the results Fred and I always prayed for: that our children would love God, and have compassion for people in need.\u201d<\/p>

\nIn 2018, Willie entrusted the leadership of Fred Jordan Missions<\/a> to her son, Joe. \u201cWhat a blessing and honor it is to carry on the work that started in 1944,\u201d Joe said. \u201cOver 82 years later, the vision and legacy continues. We declare and demonstrate the love of Jesus to those in need and those who are hopeless, hurting, and helpless. Thank you, Mom, for teaching me and everyone else about the amazing love of Jesus and our Heavenly Father, and for teaching us to have compassion for the lost and needy. I will miss you every day, but I know I will see you again soon.\u201d<\/p>

\nWillie Jordan is survived by her seven children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a worldwide ministry that continues her life\u2019s work. Fred Jordan Missions<\/a> remains committed to serving the poor, the hungry, the homeless, and the helpless on the streets of Skid Row and beyond.<\/p>

\nSERVICES<\/b><\/p>

\nA private memorial service will be held for family and close friends. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that gifts be made to Fred Jordan Missions<\/a> to continue the ministry Willie helped pioneer and loved. Donations can be made online at FJM.org<\/a> or by mail to Fred Jordan Mission, P.O. Box 12345, Covina, CA 91722.<\/p>

\nABOUT FRED JORDAN MISSIONS<\/b><\/p>

\nFounded in 1944 by Fred Jordan, Fred Jordan Missions<\/a> is a faith-based ministry located in downtown Los Angeles that is dedicated to declaring and demonstrating the love of Jesus to those in need. For more than 80 years, the Mission has provided hot meals, clothing, emergency supplies, children\u2019s programs, discipleship, and daily spiritual care to the poor, hungry, homeless, and hurting. To learn more or to support the ministry, visit fjm.org<\/a>.<\/p> Contacts<\/b>

\nBrian Peterson\nbjccpeterson@gmail.com<\/a>612-325-0470<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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