All Glory to God Always

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All Glory to God Always

At the Lorain Correctional weekly Bible study, I was teaching from the Book of Ephesians and started talking about the ministry of missionary work. I shared that, at the church where I serve as Pastor, we were feeding kids and adults in the neighborhood. I had learned that the children were not eating since schools were out for the summer, so we began feeding families Monday through Friday, for 8 weeks. A man in class said, “Now I remember where I met you…

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Evangelistic Tool for You

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Evangelistic Tool for You

As COVID hit, Chaplain Mark Stradiot began making live Facebook videos twice a week to connect with our clients and partners. True Freedom is now offering short, monthly evangelistic video messages for sharing on Facebook. These messages will be less than 10 minutes each. We encourage you to make them available to friends, especially those you have been witnessing to and praying for…

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Back In!

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Back In!

We are back in! For the first time since the pandemic, True Freedom held a service for inmates on Ohio’s Death Row, housed at Chillicothe Correctional Institution. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, our access to this facility was barred for more than a year. On Tuesday, March 22, Chaplain Mark Stradiot had the privilege of preaching God’s Word to five men on Death Row..

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Ministering at the Juvenile Justice Center - By Chaplain Smith

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Ministering at the Juvenile Justice Center - By Chaplain Smith

I sat in the outer area of House 3 to have private conversation with a young man from Pod A. During this time, twenty boys from Pod B returned from the gym. However, the guard who had been with the boys in the gym did not notify the guard in House 3 that the boys would be returning. When this group of boys saw that someone from Pod A was in the outer area…

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Relaunch at reLink - By Maxine Lowe, Director of Reentry Employment

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Relaunch at reLink - By Maxine Lowe, Director of Reentry Employment

Relaunch at reLink

By Maxine Lowe, Director of Reentry Employment

After shutting down due to COVID, True Freedom Enterprises recently relaunched its pre-release, work release program for ten men, each of whom has nine months or less remaining on his prison sentence. TFE is a non-profit organization dedicated solely to workforce empowerment. This reentry program gives returning citizens a legitimate opportunity to find gainful employment by providing…

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Moments in the Word with Mike Swiger: Episode 24

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Moments in the Word with Mike Swiger: Episode 24

Philippians 3:4–7 Though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

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Back at 2100

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Back at 2100

Our Homeless Ministry began in 1994 when God spoke to an ex-convict working in a machine shop and told him to go and feed the homeless. That night, Emil Pocisk and his wife Sandy made a few sandwiches and drove around Cleveland looking for someone in need. Out of that calling grew a team of over 40 dedicated volunteers who faithfully serve hot meals and the love of Jesus Christ to the homeless in Cleveland every Saturday, rain or shine, sleet or heat…

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I Did Not Feel Like An Inmate

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I Did Not Feel Like An Inmate

By God’s grace, True Freedom sponsored the first ever “Yard Day” event at Grafton Correctional Institution. We performed an open-air service right in the middle of the prison compound, brought in four outside softball teams (two comprised completely of Amish men) to play in a softball tournament against two prison teams, and conducted a cookout for the entire population of 1400 prisoners. It was an amazing day!…

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