According to Myrna Pérez, as many as four million Americans who live, work and pay taxes in their communities have been denied the right to vote because of a past criminal conviction. Crossroad Bible Institute was pleased to host Pérez, a nationally recognized voting...

Crossroad Bible Institute’s international campus in Australia reports that prayers for their newly launched prison ministry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are being answered. From the start, the Papua New Guineans’ response to the CBI program has been overwhelmingly...

Jefferson Gathu, director of Crossroad Bible Institute’s satellite prison ministry in Kenya, has gathered his family and fled Nairobi due to the recent violence in the region. So far, the four-day terrorist siege at Nairobi's Westgate Mall, carried out by an al...

CBI student Jonathan was only twenty-two years old when a jury was asked to determine the length of his life. Already convicted for murder, Jonathan faced the jury again as they decided whether to apply the death penalty to his case. Though Jonathan hoped for a speedy...

Hispanics compose almost 35 percent of the United States’ prison population, making them the second-largest minority group behind bars. Of the total number of Hispanics in prison, over half have been detained for immigration violations. Since 2002, Crossroad Bible...

  A New Day The light of dawn had just begun to appear in the sky when Jefferson Kabiro Gathu’s team set out with Peter on a six-hundred-mile journey that would lead them, fourteen hours later, to Peter’s village in western Kenya. Peter had just been released...

Attorney general Eric Holder made it clear last week that the federal government would be throttling back on the War on Drugs in an attempt to reduce the number of nonviolent drug offenders in prison. However, the federal government is increasing its prosecution of...

Sometimes a heart needs encouraging, resolve needs strengthening or a mind needs training. Many students say that it is at those moments—when the need is greatest—that God brings CBI into their lives. Shannon’s story is no different. By age twenty-five, Shannon was on...

The state of Michigan is ranked second in the nation for the number of people serving sentences of life without parole for crimes they committed while under eighteen. Michigan has sentenced over 350 juvenile offenders to life without parole, but new legislation could...

In a recent address to the American Bar Association, attorney general Eric Holder spoke out for changes to current drug sentencing laws in an effort to reduce overcrowding in America’s prisons. Holder singled out mandatory minimum sentencing laws, stating that the...

Crossroad Bible Institute’s international prison ministry in Singapore is active, thriving and ever expanding. After establishing the program in Cambodia last year, CBI Singapore is now extending into the island of Bali in Indonesia. Paul Tan, director of CBI...

By Dr. David Schuringa A while back I wrote to our students about what it means to be a good neighbor. When you hear this, you might immediately think of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus recounts that when everyone else—even church folks—avoided the person in...

Under the direction of CBI Singapore director Paul Tan, prison ministry in Cambodia is moving beyond prison walls. The Training Center in Anduat, Cambodia, is ready to receive its first students, who, upon leaving prison, will live at the Training Center and receive...

CBI is rejoicing with Anne Bruinsma, director of CBI Australia, as she celebrates more than a decade of service. Since 2002, Anne’s great love for CBI students has driven her to work tirelessly on their behalf, ensuring that they have an opportunity to know Christ...

After being invited to participate at a national conference of faith-based leaders about the impact of the War on Drugs on poor and African American communities, CBI president Dr. David Schuringa penned down some reflections on what he learned during his time there....

In a new article published at the Boston Review, Myrna Pérez, CBI Instructor and Deputy Director at the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University of Law, draws out the implications of a recent Supreme Court ruling that will impact voting rights. By making...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—On June 12–14, Dr. David Schuringa, president of Crossroad Bible Institute, participated in a national conference called “A View from the Pulpit: Faith Leaders and Drug Decriminalization.” He was invited to contribute as a conservative voice and to...

On Wednesday, June 26, the state of Texas is scheduled to perform its five hundredth execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Since that time, Texas has executed more people than the next six states combined. Kimberly McCarthy will receive a lethal...

CBI New Zealand's prison ministry recently introduced the Manga Messiah course to prisons across the country. Manga Messiah presents the Gospel message in graphic-novel format and, in addition to reaching the children of incarcerated parents, has proven popular with...

Although few of us have experienced mandatory sentencing or drone surveillance, we have all been watched by traffic cameras. In a recent article for Sojourners, CBI president Dr. David Schuringa extrapolates from this experience to comment on new trends in criminal...