A group of high school students have found creative inspiration in the unlikeliest of ways. An English class at Covenant Christian High School in Grand Rapids spent some time reading and discussing poetry written by men and women in prison. After engaging with the...
Richard was on the run. Determined to avoid a third trip to prison, he was dodging police who were tracking him on an attempted murder charge. Scared and not sure what to do, Richard called his mother. “The only one who can help you is God,” she told him. Richard...
The newest Crossroads Bible study course is now available in Mandarin. The translation project for Who are You? was completed last month. This will greatly benefit Crossroads extension centers in Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia where there are Mandarin-speaking...
More than 100 children locked in prison in Sierra Leone were not forgotten this Christmas, thanks to Crossroads Prison Ministries. Lahai Kargbo, director of Crossroads Sierra Leone, said his team was able to celebrate Christmas with 112 youth in two prisons in which...
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....
