Despite facing many painful trials throughout his life, John always felt close to God. Unfortunately, his circumstances and traumatic childhood led him astray and down the path of sin and destruction. “I started my life in a life of crime,” John shared in a letter....
Monica first heard about Crossroads more than twenty years ago when a woman in her Bible study told the group about mentoring. The ministry appealed to Monica, so she signed up to mentor in 2004. Over the years, Monica poured love and encouragement into many men and...
Janette’s journey with Crossroads began before Crossroads officially existed as an organization. She met Crossroads founder Tom de Vries through her husband in the 1980s. At the time, Tom led a Bible study for people incarcerated at the Kent County Jail. One of Tom’s...
After a failed bank robbery and a high-speed chase that ended with his capture, Brian decided he would take his life to avoid going back to prison. When his suicide attempt failed, he found himself alone with God in a suicide-watch cell at the county jail. “I was...
Alexis grew up in a Christian home, but at sixteen, she began to act out and rebel. “I decided to start doing what I wanted. I stopped going to church and started partying,” Alexis recalled. At twenty-one, she had her first baby with a boyfriend. After he got her...
Foundation aims to keep children from following parents to prison Our highest hope for our students at Crossroads is that they will return to their communities as redeemed men and women. But what about the students who might never go home? For those students, we pray...
