New Life at the Juvenile Justice Center
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God continues to use True Freedom’s chaplains to speak life to the spiritually dead. A 16-year-old at the Juvenile Justice Center was angry because his father died in his sleep of a…
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Amazing Grace at the Juvenile Justice Center
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A 17-year-old young man, who had not been in school for three years, recently testified that jail has been good for him. He did not know his father, and his mother was a drug addict. He lived…
Read MoreChanged Lives at the Juvenile Justice Center
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On December 5th, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 16 young men were baptized. We had the privilege of baptizing 23 inmates earlier this year.
Read MoreTwo Major Needs for 2018
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With the estimated 67,000 people in Cuyahoga County who are dependent on opioids, including prescription painkillers and heroin, our desire is to provide addiction recovery programming….
Read More2017 Highlights : Part 2
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Thank you so much for your support this year. Your partnership is vital to the rapid growth of True Freedom. Below are a few highlights through the end of October 2017.
Read More2017 Highlights: Part 1
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Thank you so much for your support this year. Your partnership is vital to the rapid growth of True Freedom. Below are a few highlights through the end of October 2017!
Read MoreBaptism Service at Juvenile Justice Center
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On August 24th, 9 young men were baptized at the Juvenile Justice Center in Cleveland. After making first-time professions of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, they were instructed about the significance of baptism, and then they were immersed.
Read MoreNew Creations in Christ
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A 17-year-old boy survived getting shot seven times in a shoot-out with a rival gang. Two bullets could not be removed from his body. The doctor called him a miracle. During his stay at the Juvenile Justice Center (his eighth time in jail since he was 12 years old)…
Read More1st Graduating Class
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In 2016 the administration at Grafton Correctional asked True Freedom to conduct character development classes to the men at the Grafton Reintegration Center (GRC). On April 24th, 2017, a group of forty men began an intensive forty-five-week program based on the book of Proverbs.
Read MoreTrue Freedom Featured in Alpha’s International Newsletter
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Alpha For Prisons, a sister organization to Alpha International, provides prison-related resources, including the well-known Alpha course, to groups who minister inside of jails and prisons all across the country.
Read MoreLoving the Lost with the Truth of the Gospel
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A young man cried during a counseling session because he wanted to be at home with his family. In jail for the first time for carrying a gun at 16 years old, he said he needed a gun because the streets of Cleveland weren’t safe. I asked him what time he got home at night. He said at 1 am. I told him…
Read MoreMike Swiger speaks at Northeast Ohio Reentry Summit
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On April 21st, Mike Swiger had the privilege of delivering the final address at the Northeast Ohio Reentry Summit that was held at the convention center. Over 200 business leaders and correction professionals were in attendance. God continues to bless and open doors for True Freedom Ministries.
Read MorePastor Mark Stradiot Visits Juvenile Justice Center On Easter Sunday
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On Easter Sunday, Pastor Mark Stradiot was able to visit all five houses in the Juvenile Justice Center. In each house, there are three separate pods. For the first time, Pastor Mark went in, personally, to each of the 15 separate pods (in one day!) with the message of the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read MorePlanting Seeds at the Juvenile Justice Center
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TFM board member, Dr. Reuben Gobezie, joined Pastor Mark at the Juvenile Justice Center on February 5th. Dr. Gobezie shared his testimony and Pastor Mark presented the gospel at six services in the various housing units.
Read MoreAn Exciting Start in 2017
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God is on the move through True Freedom in 2017. By His grace, we have expanded our prison outreach by launching a weekly Alpha Course at Trumbull Correctional, a weekly Character Development class at Trumbull and an additional section of this class at Richland Correctional.
Read MoreTrue Freedom Ministries Expands New Services at Juvenile Prison
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On January 16, 2017, True Freedom Ministries began offering classes, services, and programming at the juvenile prison at Cuyahoga Hills. Jimmie Smith, Mark Stradiot, and Rae Borders will all be involved in this new expansion of our juvenile ministry.
Read MoreTrue Freedom Offers Classes at Juvenile Prison
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Beginning Monday, January 16th, True Freedom will begin offering classes, services, and programming at the juvenile prison at Cuyahoga Hills. Jimmie Smith, Mark Stradiot, and Rae Borders will all be involved in this new expansion of our juvenile ministry. We praise God for doors He is opening for us to share the Gospel.
Read MorePastor Mark Preaches the Gospel on Christmas Day
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Pastor Mark Stradiot and three of his adult children were in the Juvenile Justice Center on Christmas Day. Pastor Mark conducted eight services in all five houses at the Juvenile Justice Center.
Read MoreMake a Special Year-End Donation to Help True Freedom Ministries Serve the Broken in Cleveland
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True Freedom Ministries continues reaching the broken with the love of Jesus Christ. Recently, our chaplains touched a young man at Cleveland’s Juvenile Justice Center. This young man, arrested 17 times before he turned 16 years old, began selling drugs 10 when his mother set him out on the street corner in front of their house with a bag of marijuana. Two years later she put a gun in his hand to help him carry out his duty.
Read MoreAlpha Film Series DVD’s Go Into Prisons All Over NE Ohio
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What a privilege to be able to resource True Freedom Prison Ministries with 5 of the new Alpha Film Series DVD’s to take into prisons all over NE Ohio. Thanks to Frank Scalish, Mike Swiger, Gary Koly and ALL the other people involved with True Freedom for all you do to reach those who Jesus said: “as you do to them—you do to me…”
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