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Open Door Timeline
1977 Ed Loring, pastor of Clifton Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta, and Murphy Davis, director of the Southern
Prison Ministry, meet Rob and Carolyn Johnson.
January 1979
November 1, 1979
July 21, 1980
November 1981
December 16, 1981
January 1982
January 30, 1982
November 19, 1982
December 1982
Loring and Davis visit Maryhouse, a Catholic
Worker house in New York.
Night shelter opens at Clifton Presbyterian Church.
Ed Loring, Murphy Davis, and Rob and Carolyn
Johnson sign covenant forming the Open Door
Community.
Andrew Young elected to the first of two terms as
mayor of Atlanta.
The Open Door Community opens at 910 Ponce de
Leon Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, in an apartment building
purchased from the Atlanta Union Mission for
$150,000.
First edition of Hospitality published. The first editor
is Rob Johnson.
Soup kitchen begins at 910. Jubilee Partners help
cook and serve.
First street action held, funeral procession and service
for Jane and John Doe, from Five Points in downtown
Atlanta to City Hall, to call for the opening of
shelters.
The Open Door begins serving breakfast to the
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