J. R. Woodgates
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It was survival that compelled Dana Candillo to step onto a stripper stage for the first time. After years as a showgirl she saw what suddenly happened to her drug-addicted mother after coming to Christ. Dana realized her own sordid lifestyle needed the same transformation. Watch what happened next.
Jump Start began at Tyger River in 2007 with just a few volunteers…and now operates in 16 facilities across the South Carolina corrections system.
God can send redeemed sinners back into prison to bring light to other men sitting in darkness as they once did.
The full story is in Gene McGuire’s book, UNSHACKLED, which I have added to my Recommended Readings in Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path.
J. R. Woodgates talks with Jeremy Miller about:
- Christian convicts ministering to unbelieving fellow inmates
- How a prison ministry can go from superficial to supernatural
- Why America’s jails and prisons are so ready for Christian revival
LISTEN NOW TO THE PODCAST (scroll down to Episode 011)
One of my Recommended Readings in Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path is Do What Jesus Did. It tells how ordinary Chicagoland Christians, led by the Holy Spirit, bring to unbelievers undeserved blessings that make them more willing to hear the Gospel.
Ordinary Christian prisoners can bless unbelieving inmates in the same ways and so expand the Kingdom of God.
This video shows a murderous Latin Kings leader in Aurora, Illinois unexpectedly experiencing God’s love (and mercy) and becoming a Christian – with noticeable results for himself and the welfare of his city.
It’s introduced by the book’s author, Robby Dawkins.
This is the kind of transition I’d like to see take place in the lives of men who read – and apply – Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path! Whether or not they are actually guilty of having committed a crime should not matter.
John Turnipseed’s extended family included generations of violent criminals, including killers. Today more than 90% of them are living free – because John learned how to break the bloodline curses that had driven them – and him – into serious crime and prison time.