January 2018 - Crossroads Prison Ministries

An Urgent Call to Prayer

by Admin | Jan 31, 2018 | Stories

Dear Friends, This past November, the Michigan Department of Corrections implemented a new mail policy that directly impacts Crossroads Prison Ministries students. The new policy doesn’t allow materials with colored ink to be delivered to prisoners. So we have...

Reading My Bible Quietly to Myself, I Was Speaking Louder Than Ever Before

by Taylor Kraal, guest writer | Jan 30, 2018 | Stories

This blog entry was written by Taylor Kraal, a student at Holland Christian High School, who recently completed a week-long internship at Crossroads Prison Ministries. Tommy was a new Christian living in fear. In the shelter of his cell, he would read three chapters...

Crossroads Donors Now Covering Postage for All Students

by Doug Cupery | Jan 17, 2018 | Stories

I recently took a tour of Rikers Island, an overcrowded jail facility in New York City that holds an average population of nearly 10,000 prisoners. As I met with some of the men and women locked up in this facility, I faced the sobering reminder that many of them have...

Ministry is Fruitful in Kenya

by Aaron Mueller | Jan 5, 2018 | Stories

Crossroads Prison Ministries staff and volunteers in Kenya are making an incredible impact in the lives of men and women in prison throughout the country. The team of 25 volunteer mentors travel, sometimes great distances, to prisons to hand deliver Crossroads Bible...

“I Took a Man’s Life, So God Wouldn’t Want Anything to Do With Me”

by Amy Cain | Jan 2, 2018 | Stories

Rammel grew up without knowing his mother or father. He was raised by his aunt, and he had two godmothers who made sure he attended church regularly. “Although I did not enjoy church much, I learned a lot, and eventually got baptized and saved,” says Rammel. As a...