Love Your Neighbor Ministries exists to equip the church to reach out in compassion to people in care settings . . . including hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, hospice care and private homes. Our purpose is "Equipping Churches for Ministries of Compassion." Dwight Kinman founded LYN Ministries in the Tacoma Washington area where he assumed the Protestant chaplaincy of three local hospitals. Chaplain Kinman and his wife subsequently broadened the scope of their outreach to include nursing homes and other healthcare facilities. In 1975, LYN Ministries was incorporated as a non-profit organization with an expanding outreach including both career chaplaincy and volunteer ministries.