About

As a 501 C (3) nonprofit organization, Olive Branch Ministries was founded on the belief that every person deserves to experience the peace and tranquility of Christ’s love. At Olive Branch, we strive to meet people’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs so that they may transition out of living in cycles of poverty and crisis – ministering in Appalachian regions of Kentucky and Tennessee among the country’s materially poor; resourcing families in crisis including the homeless, survivors of domestic violence, and those in urgent medical straits. One of the ways we do this is through financial counseling with families and individuals in one of the poorest regions of the United States to build sustainable budgets for their households. Our goal is for low-income persons to become self-sufficient in managing their finances so they may be freed from their debts and build more stable futures for their families.

It is our hope that this model becomes self-perpetuating for every family and individual that we serve so that attitudes of love, service, and inclusiveness will one day permeate our community and our world.

Meet the Director – Rev Scarlette Jasper

Commissioned as Field Personnel and Rural Poverty Advocate by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in June 2014, Scarlette Jasper serves in Southcentral and Southern Kentucky and parts of Tennessee. Her work is part of the work of the CBF Kentucky, CBF Tennessee, and Together for Hope, CBF’s rural poverty initiative in the persistent poverty counties in the United States, including McCreary County, Kentucky and Scott County Tennessee.

Scarlette is a widow, has three children and four grandchildren. Scarlette has been involved in non-profit work for over 30 years. Scarlette has a M.Div. from Baptist Seminary of Kentucky with a concentration in Pastoral Care and Counseling.