The Midnight Mission on 27th Street is opened by women from the Tabernacle. It is the first of several rescue missions. The first Healing Home is opened at the Simpson's residence. It is the forerunner of the Berachah Homes. Simpson conducts the first fall convention for deeper Christian living and evangelism.
Visitors come from several states.
1885 Dr. Simpson speaks at the Bethshan Conference for Holiness and Healing in London, England, where he delivers the sermon Himself. The assembly calls for an alliance for the promotion of missionary work. The assembly of Old Orchard votes to form two societies, The Christian Alliance and The Evangelical Missionary Alliance. The Board of Directors of the Missionary Alliance appoints its first missionary candidates, the William Cassidys, to go to China, and Helen Dawley to India. Thousands of Christians in the United States and Canada join The Christian Alliance.