Most people, when receiving a prison sentence, would likely react with sadness, frustration, or even anger. Marcus had a surprisingly different reaction: happiness. “I was happy because I knew God heard my prayers,” he explained. Marcus grew up attending church...
One year ago, Timothy responded to a prompt in his Crossroads Bible study with a poem about the day that landed him in prison with a life sentence. A husband and a father of two, he had struggled with alcoholism for several years, and he turned to alcohol in earnest...
Al Bonilla, pictured in the center of this photograph, has enrolled thousands of students into the Crossroads Prison Ministries Bible study program through his ministry to incarcerated individuals at Rikers Island in New York and several other correctional facilities...
In 2019, US leaders and five extension center directors met in Thailand for a leadership summit. They began to envision the future of Crossroads’ international program, dreaming of mobilizing regional leaders to assume responsibility for ministry sustainability and...
There’s A Cross to Bridge the Great Divide by R. Scott, a Crossroads student in Michigan Lamar was on a work trip when he received the phone call that would change the course of his life. His fourteen-year-old son, Dominic, had taken the life of another teenager...
While Carlos would have claimed he was a Christian, he acknowledges it was a lukewarm faith. He approached the church with his requests and needs but continued living the same sinful lifestyle. One filled with stealing, lying and adultery. “I was filled with...
