“There are needs all year long, and when churches find out how to get involved, and they have a heart for those in need … That's our mission, and when we get back to that mission, I really believe that we'll see a change in our world that we've yet to see.” —Pastor Darron
When Darron moved from the small town of Waxahachie, Texas, to Kansas City, Missouri, in 2000, he believed he was following God's calling. He had been recruited to become the new pastor of United Believers Community Church—a small fellowship barely two years old.
As he settled into the new neighborhood, Darron began to take an interest in the needs of the surrounding community, where 36% of children live below the poverty line. He eventually rallied his United Believers congregation to adopt a local elementary school, Ingels Elementary.
“We found out that 33% of the kids who attended that school had an incarcerated parent,” Darron recalls.
Upon hearing this shocking statistic, Darron thought of Prison Fellowship Angel Tree®, a program he and his family had supported for years.
