At a time when shelters are full and the homeless population is increasing, True Freedom is responding to meet the needs of these precious souls. Serving approximately 700 men and women sheltered by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries, TF provides socks, underwear, personal hygiene items, winter hats, gloves, donated clothing, winter coats, hot soup, and sandwiches…
Read MoreSince COVID struck last spring, True Freedom has used mass mailings and leveraged technology to reach our clients across the state. Then, on Monday, March 15, 2021, we were back in prison for the first time in a year. Praise the Lord for opening this door! Pastor Mark Stradiot was at Trumbull Correctional Camp facilitating a Christian-based Character Development Class. It was small, but it was good. One man even prayed to receive Christ. Lord willing, Mark will teach this class every Monday at 1:30 p.m. Also in March, five men from True Freedom Ministries were trained and approved to go back into Grafton Reintegration Center and Grafton Correctional Institution. The group included Michael Swiger, David Wessel, Mark Stradiot, Bill Holko, and Don Talladino. We hope to get back into Grafton in the near future. Chaplains Dr. J.D. Smith and Mark Stradiot are also in the process of reentering the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center. We are so grateful that God is granting True Freedom in-person access to our mission field again. We have really missed serving our clients in this way. Please pray that our efforts would be fruitful, bringing much glory to His Name
Read MoreHaving this unwavering faith in the all-powerful, loving Providence of God is Paul’s secret to peace and joy, regardless of his circumstances.
Read More“Jesus Christ has changed tens of thousands of lives through the ministry of Gary Koly,” says Michael Swiger, Executive Director of True Freedom, “And I am just one of them.” Those who have met Gary Koly over the past forty years struggle to reconcile the jovial, happy-go-lucky man with the stories of his early years plagued by rampant drug use and violence. “I was a big, dumb guy who liked to punch people,” Gary would often say. When he was only 18, an altercation at a bar left one man dead and Gary with a 3-50-year sentence for manslaughter. During those impressionable years at Mansfield Correctional Institution, Gary got a first-class education in being a thug.
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True Freedom 2020 Virtual Banquet Testimony Donnie Singleton
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Read More2020 started off as a sprint for us, as we experienced a 20% growth in all of our outreaches during the first quarter of the year, averaging 207 services, programs, and classes every month. Think of it: that’s 7 per day! Through God’s grace, the ex-offenders in our work release program earned over $500,000 in wages during 2019, having earned zero the year before. And we expanded this vital initiative in January by placing inmates from Grafton Correctional at a high-tech medical company in Twinsburg called reLink Medical.
Read MorePlease enjoy this 17 minute video presentation of our 2020 Virtual Banquet.
You'll hear from Executive Director Michael Swiger and Development Director David Wessel.
We are also delighted to share testimonies from two of the men we've been honored to serve: Donnie Singleton and Roy Logan.
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Ordinarily, by October we are busily preparing for our Fall Banquet, our biggest fundraising event of the year. However, due to COVID, that door is closed. This would be greatly discouraging if we weren’t standing on Romans 8:28: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” Where God closes one door, He opens another.
Read MoreDuring these unprecedented times, Executive Director Mike Swiger brings us hope and help in Jesus. Please join us for today’s video devotional.
Read MoreOur approach to the Bible is to teach word by word, and verse by verse…
Read Morehis summer, True Freedom launched, “Step Into Freedom: The 12 Steps and Their Biblical Comparisons.”
Read MoreDuring these unprecedented times, Executive Director Mike Swiger brings us hope and help in Jesus. Please join us for today’s video devotional.
Read MoreSince the pandemic lockdown, we have not been able to physically enter prisons or jails. But we have prayed and prayed. And God opened a door!
Read MoreDuring these unprecedented times, Executive Director Mike Swiger brings us hope and help in Jesus. Please join us for today’s video devotional.
Read MoreThis month we started up our weekly Reformer’s Unanimous program at 2005 Cypress Avenue--
Read MoreDuring these unprecedented times, Executive Director Mike Swiger brings us hope and help in Jesus. Please join us for today’s video devotional.
Read MoreWhen the virus closed Ohio’s prison doors to all volunteers, it appeared that much of our Kingdom work would be completely suspended….
Read MoreEvery Tuesday, at our west-side Cypress location, Michael Swiger and David Wessel conduct a financial literacy class called Your Money Map…
Read MoreDuring these unprecedented times, Executive Director Mike Swiger brings us hope and help in Jesus. Please join us for today’s video devotional.
Read MoreTrue Freedom Ministries is excited to launch new programming - Find out more here!
Read MoreTrue Freedom Ministries is an evangelical, non-profit organization dedicated to reaching people locked in jails and prisons, the homeless, and those trapped in addiction across Ohio with the message of the true freedom found only in Jesus Christ.
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