Student’s Transformation Inspires Shift in Prison Culture When John set foot in prison, he had no hope that he would ever go home. His 119-year sentence left him shattered, and the weight of his circumstances drove him to contemplate ending his life. “I came into the...
Student Gives Back by Sharing Testimony of Transformation John’s early life was marred by tragedy and hardship. His father passed away when John was four years old. At seven, John was separated from his mother, placed in foster care, and not returned to her until he...
Keneth, a Crossroads area coordinator in Kenya, leads a worship service inside a Kenyan women’s prison. Nearly two decades ago, Keneth Wahinya Njau sat in a prison cell in Kenya, feeling hopelessly alone. At nineteen, he had destroyed his chance at an education...
Melissa’s early life was marked by bullying and abuse. Kids at school bullied her relentlessly. She wasn’t even safe at church, where the taunting only continued. Eventually, she reached her breaking point, dropping out of high school and leaving the church she’d...
Growing up in a middle-class New York suburb in the 1960s, Joe Passalaqua experienced frequent bullying, which led him to find comfort in gymnastics. When a wrist injury shattered his Olympic dreams, Joe turned his attention to coaching and opened his own gymnastics...
Randy’s journey to redemption began in a county jail as he awaited his fate on charges that would surely send him to prison. Amid his despair, two jail mates who were Christians extended genuine compassion. “[They] loaned me my first Bible, helped me get into Bible...
