A Colorado church is suing the town of Castle Rock after the town said the church’s use of RVs to shelter the homeless was a zoning violation.
“Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor homeless with shelter?” Mike Polhemus, lead pastor at The Rock Church, said, reading from Isaiah 58:7.
It’s a scripture that the church cites as the “higher code” they abide by, and the reason they’re suing the town.
“I couldn’t make any money, I didn’t have a place to go,” said Frederick Krueger.
When Krueger’s truck broke down in 2022, he found himself homeless and out of work in the middle of winter.
“All of a sudden, I didn’t have any way to do anything, to be honest with you. It was kind of a bad scenario,” said Krueger.
His savior came in the form of an RV behind The Rock Church, in Castle Rock.
“A godsend,” Krueger said. “It really was.”
Since 2019, the church has given shelter to the homeless in two RVs on the back side of their 54-acre property.
“To help those that are struggling and specifically those that want to get on their feet and have had a turn of events,” said Polhemus.