Billy spent most of his life on the run. In 1988, he had a dramatic encounter with God in church but he didn’t make a commitment to follow Him. The event shook him up so much that he moved out of town. One day while walking the streets of his new city, he heard music...
Dear Friends, This past November, the Michigan Department of Corrections implemented a new mail policy that directly impacts Crossroads Prison Ministries students. The new policy doesn’t allow materials with colored ink to be delivered to prisoners. So we have...
This blog entry was written by Taylor Kraal, a student at Holland Christian High School, who recently completed a week-long internship at Crossroads Prison Ministries. Tommy was a new Christian living in fear. In the shelter of his cell, he would read three chapters...
By Doug Cupery Church Mobilization Director I recently took a tour of Rikers Island, an overcrowded jail facility in New York City that holds an average population of nearly 10,000 prisoners. As I met with some of the men and women locked up in this facility, I faced...
Crossroads Prison Ministries staff and volunteers in Kenya are making an incredible impact in the lives of men and women in prison throughout the country. The team of 25 volunteer mentors travel, sometimes great distances, to prisons to hand deliver Crossroads Bible...
Rammel grew up without knowing his mother or father. He was raised by his aunt, and he had two godmothers who made sure he attended church regularly. “Although I did not enjoy church much, I learned a lot, and eventually got baptized and saved,” says Rammel. As a...