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Recovery Center Offers New Life in Jackson
Brandon Murphy was struggling with addiction. “I had tried everything I could think of,” he said. “I was raised in church. I went to my Dad’s grave, and said, ‘I need help.’”
His search for help led him to Breaking Bonds ministry, where he studied the Bible and learned to be obedient. Through his own recovery with the Breaking Bonds ministry in Arkansas, Murphy discerned that God was calling him to lead a recovery ministry himself.
That was about three years ago. Now Brandon and his wife Michelle have moved to Jackson, Missouri, to be directors of a new Breaking Bonds campus that is partnered with New McKendree UMC in Jackson.
The program is seven months long and divided into three phases. For the first few months in the program, the men spend most of their time in the bible. In months four to six, they focus on life skills, and the last month is aimed at forming a sustainable exit plan. They try to get things like driver’s licenses reinstated and court issues resolved.
“We don’t want them to leave the ministry with a list of things that they have got to immediately deal with,” Murphy said. “We take care of all of that while they are here.”
Murphy now sees his own story reflected in the lives of the men who come to Breaking Bonds ministry seeking help.
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