ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
We are a faith-based organization carrying a 501(c)3 dedicated to providing tangible solutions for food, clothing and housing resources in order to help people become functional and resilient. We provide workshops and conferences that encompass mental health services and restoration of battered men and women. Also giving spiritual guidance and outreach to help restore and strengthen the mind, body, and soul.
OUR WHY
In today's society, more and more our communities are in need of unity, financial resources, physical resources, education, healing, and most of all, love. The soul of It's Just Love, Inc is to serve the community with love and providing their needs, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically and to bring people to Christ through compassionate love. LOVE is what binds us, heals us, and holds us together. We are compelled by love and commissioned by love, that is why "It's Just Love" was created. Throughout the year we will have many programs, conferences, workshops, and resources to offer our beloved Detroit and surrounding communities. We also partner with local agencies already doing great work here in the metro area and bring help right to the front doors of our neighbors. If you are a local agency or loving neighbor and would like to Partner with us, please connect with us today.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed
and commissioned me to bring good news to the humble and afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, to proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives and freedom to prisoners.
- Isaiah 61:1 MSG
OUR WHAT
We strive to assist our community to become educated, healthy, independent, and empowered, by providing:
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Access to clothing, food, and local housing resources.
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Transitional housing accompanied by financial education to help those transitioning get back on their feet and learn to live independently.
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Spiritual guidance to help strengthen and heal their mind, body, and soul.
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Mental health resources to abused and battered men and women.
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Specialized services for people who are functionally able, but need support to care from themselves.
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Education for various life skills, empowering our community to overall wellness.
OUR HOW
We achieve our mission goals via:​
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Conferences
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Workshops
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Financial planning/Management classes
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Life-Skills Courses
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Spiritual Guidance
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Community Worship Programs
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Clothing Drives
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Harvest Feeding
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Partnerships with local agencies already working for our community.
OUR FOUNDER
WANDA SHELBY
Wanda Shelby has been ordained since 2004 as a worldwide Evangelist. She obeys assignments solely given by God, through the way of Jesus, and directed by the Holy Spirit. Wanda works preaching as a traveling evangelist on her job as a Flight Attendant, where the Lord first sent her out to minister to his people. She also ministers in and out of Girls and Boys homes, and Senior centers volunteering and praying for the people she meets. .
Wanda Shelby has a passion for helping others. Her experience in hosting many services and being the chairperson over large events has helped her reach many people with Love. She has helped in clothing drives with Habitat for Humanity in Houston TX, as well as Habitat for Humanity in Adrian, Michigan building houses. She even volunteered at "Grace Of Hope" in Pontiac Michigan where most men and women struggling with heroin addiction are cleaned up and restored.
When the government shut down in the early part of 2019, Wanda helped the TSA collect a substantial amount of donations to help families in need. In 2019, Wanda helped Consuming Fire Christian Center with a major project to help their local hurting community, by collecting and distributing hundreds of shoeboxes. Being personally afflicted, Wanda is apart of the Vitiligo advocacy team, led by Founder, Author, and CEO Lee Thomas. Wanda is always volunteering to support the body of Christ and people in need.
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In a life of dedication and obedience to God, Evangelist Wanda Shelby was given a new assignment of "It Just Love", a non-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. This organization will undoubtedly penetrate the hearts of Michigan and beyond with the Love of God through encouragement, service, empowerment, and meeting the real needs of the people. Evangelist Wanda is called to keep the scripture Isaiah 61 active for the rest of her life as apart of her Christian journey, using "It's Just Love" as the vehicle.
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