Nate and Rosa Johnson in Rosa’s favorite portrait of the couple, taken around 2003. Nate Johnson popped into his prison’s chapel service, planning to slip out after a few minutes to lift weights in the gym. That day, the chaplain was preaching on John 3:16, and...
Grace (seated in the middle) began mentoring with her late husband in 1997. Today, fourteen of her family members serve as Crossroads mentors alongside her, including all six of her children, two daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren. Back row: Jim (grandson), Bert...
This blog post is part of a special series commemorating forty years of ministry. We invite you to join us in reflecting on our history and looking forward to the future of bringing the hope of the Gospel to men and women behind bars. Click here to view the full...
People who have known Billy for a long time tell him they see changes for the better since he went to prison in 2021. He is not the angry man he used to be. He now pauses to listen to people, and he genuinely enjoys helping others. Even Billy is amazed by the changes....
Derron was tired. “Not just physically but mentally and spiritually tired as well,” he remembered. “I was tired of trying it my way, living how I pleased.” After violating his parole and getting into a gunfight with a neighbor, Derron was back in jail, taking stock of...
Anne poses next to the car and recreational vehicle she and Bob towed throughout Australia more than twenty years ago as they visited prisons and churches to recruit students and mentors. An international expansion of Crossroads wasn’t on Tom de Vries’s mind in...
