Robert has spent nearly twenty years behind bars. Throughout his adult life, he has struggled to break free from a pattern of going to prison, getting released and returning to prison. He traces this cycle back to abuse he endured at the age of eleven. “I carried that...
When John was thirteen, his brother Mike was killed in an accident on their family farm. Devastated by the loss, John abandoned his faith. “That day, I was no longer a kid,” John remembers. “Everything changed in my life.” From that day on, he dedicated his life to...
In the aftermath of last week’s severe flooding in Sierra Leone, Lahai Kargbo, the director of Crossroads Sierra Leone, and his team of mentors brought much-needed supplies to two juvenile detention centers in the area, where many resources were destroyed in the...
Stephanie grew up going to church and learning about God. But a traumatic experience at a young age sent her on a different path. “When I was fifteen years old, my mom died with me trying to call an ambulance,” she says. “I was guilt-stricken that my inability to get...
Crossroads has begun holding a monthly chapel service at the home office in Grand Rapids. Pastor Art Van Wolde, senior pastor at Haven Church in Zeeland, MI, joined us to speak at our first chapel. Check out the video below to hear Art’s message on the...
