Laboring faithfully among those incarcerated at the Juvenile Justice Center, Chaplain Jimmie Smith has built relationships with staff members and raised awareness in the community about True Freedom’s ministry to young people.

A young man who Chaplain Jimmy Smith lead to a personal faith in Jesus Christ at the Juvenile Justice Center, released on probation, moved in with his grandmother in Mentor and placed on house arrest. 

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.

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.

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.