Crossroads mentors play an important role in encouraging new followers of Jesus in prison. People like Jesse… As an infant, Jesse was abandoned in a dumpster by his biological parents. Knowing this, Jesse grew up believing he had no value. “I grew up with the...
Armando wasn’t looking for God. In fact, he was running in the opposite direction. His only acknowledgment of God was throwing up an occasional prayer that he would not get caught after committing a crime. But one evening in 2011, he prayed a different type of prayer....
Maurice may have been locked up, but the luxuries of the streets were still available to him. Even while in prison, he was still smoking the best weed, making alcohol so he could get drunk on weekends and was writing letters to various women who would send him money....
Jefferson Gathu and his Crossroads Prison Ministries Kenya team face great challenges in their work to share the hope of the Gospel with men and women in prison. But it’s nothing compared to the difficulties the men and women they serve face day in and day out....
Rick’s family suffered two terrible tragedies in a short amount of time. First, his daughter-in-law lost twin babies five and a half months into pregnancy. Then his brother-in-law died hours before a family reunion. Rick and his family were filled with grief....
Erik gripped the wheel, his mind racing, and willed himself to continue driving. His destination: the police station. He had decided to turn himself in. “I was so embarrassed and ashamed of myself,” Erik recalls. “The whole drive to the police station, I thought about...
