Pivot Ministries began in 1970 to address increasing drug use among teens and young adults in the Norwalk community. The Rev. Dr. Joseph D. Clemmons, Sr. Director of the Norwalk Area Ministry (NAM) envisioned a Christ centered solution and asked Board Chairman Rev. Henry Yordon to refocus NAM mission on recovery. The goal was to create a ministry that would ‘turn men’s lives around’ and Pivot Ministries was born.