“The Bible says when we were children, we acted like children. And I acted like a child a long, long time.”
—Mark
In middle school, Mark started rebelling and lashing out. By 15, Mark was stealing and shooting up. Then, the untimely deaths of Mark’s mother, father, and older brother added to his troubles. As his grief increased, so did his drug use.
“My addictions had begun, and there was no stopping them. I was on the road to destruction,” Mark says. That road was a 20-year path of alcohol, drugs, juvenile detention, jail, and eventually prison, where he was stabbed three times.
Mark was in and out of prison several times. But his fifth sentence would be his last ever. He had finally hit rock bottom and was determined to change. “I was just broken,” Mark says. “I was so broken that I started to see that I needed help. So that’s why I reached out to God.”
Despite wanting to get closer to God while in prison, Mark was still hesitant—until a Prison Fellowship volunteer came to lead a Bible study.
By reaching prisoners and their families with the message of God’s unconditional love, you help heartbroken families know they are precious and valued in God’s eyes. With your help, we can bring the hope of the Gospel to even more prisoners and their families—and transform more lives for eternity!
The Call of the Church: Loving Like Christ, Inside and Outside Prison
God is at work through believers—both inside and outside of prison—who walk side by side to ignite revival. See how three of our partner churches are coming alongside those impacted by incarceration. Read on to see the impact unfold.
