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Prison Warden Commends CBI South Africa Students

Crossroad Bible Institute is celebrating the second graduation ceremony hosted by its satellite campus in South Africa. The prison warden and four other high-ranking officials attended the ceremony of...

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Zero Percent Recidivism Rates in Papua New Guinea Prisons

Prison officials in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island nations are welcoming Crossroad Bible Institute into their facilities. These officials have seen the benefits of CBI’s prison ministry and...

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CBI Reaches Families

Mission Network News recently interviewed CBI President Dr. David Schuringa about the ministry’s recent expansions, including the new website, curriculum developments and the Manga Messiah program for...

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Three Thousand March for CBI in Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA December 11, 2012—On December 8, thousands of Kenyans took to the streets of Nairobi to walk in support of Crossroad Bible Institute’s reentry program, which provides assistance to...

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Director Alwyn Bezuidenhout Passes Away

CBI South Africa Director Alwyn Bezuidenhout passed away unexpectedly in his home at the age of forty-nine on December 10. Alwyn had served as the South African satellite director since 2011. As part...

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Reaching Incarcerated Teens in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE January 28, 2013—Crossroad Bible Institute announces the opening of a new satellite campus in Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world. The campus, which is CBI’s...

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CBI Shatters Annual Records Again

The results are in! CBI served a record number of people in prison again this year. In 2012, the ministry reached 44,375 students—an increase of almost 2,000 since the previous year. CBI also...

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CBI Sierra Leone Seeks Better Conditions for Child Prisoners

Cynthia Williams, CBI’s director for international development, described the desperate plight of child prisoners in Sierra Leone during a Seminar for Continuing Education at CBI headquarters. Williams...

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Crossroad Invites Prayer for Parents of Prisoners

CBI ministers to tens of thousands of prisoners each year, and the introduction of the Manga Messiah course means that CBI is now reaching the children of prisoners as well. In fact, every member of a...

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New Article Links Prison Ministry to Reduced Crime Rates

In a new article published on Think Christian, Dr. David Schuringa, president of Crossroad Bible Institute, described how prison ministry plays a role in decreasing crime rates. The article was also...

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CBI Battles Substance Abuse Crisis in India

Crossroad Bible Institute’s newest satellite campus recently celebrated its students’ outward and inward transformations at a combined graduation and baptism ceremony in Northeast India. This...

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CBI Malawi Prisoners Face Food Shortage

While offenders in the United States face problems such as mass incarceration, poor indigent defense and mandatory minimum sentencing legislation, offenders in the developing world often face...

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One Hundred Percent Enrollment in Papua New Guinea

This spring, CBI Australia extended its ministry to the women at Buimo Jail in Lae, Papua New Guinea. The response from prisoners there marked a historic first for CBI. Fieldworker Terry West reported...

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From Pariah to Poet

When he was eighteen years old, Chuck came up with a plan. He would break into a house and go to prison. From there, he could relocate to a bigger city and start over. Chuck’s childhood had been so...

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CBI India Celebrates Mother’s Day

CBI India celebrated Mother’s Day with women behind bars in Manipur this Sunday. Ministry staff members conducted a special worship service featuring a time of prayer for the facility’s mothers, some...

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CBI Singapore’s Cambodian Prison Ministry Thrives

CBI Singapore is looking beyond its borders and extending its prison ministry into nearby Cambodia. Under the guidance of campus director Paul Tan, CBI lessons are delivered to students in Cambodia’s...

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Westminster Seminarians Serve as Instructors

Thanks to an opportunity to serve as CBI Instructors, seminarians at Westminster Seminary California are receiving hands-on ministry experience. For four years, students in Dr. Dennis Johnson’s...

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More Jails Refusing Religious Mail

Over the past five years, dozens of local jails have adopted new policies mandating that personal correspondence to or from the facility take place via postcard. These policies prevent incarcerated men...

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The Proof Is in the Prisons: Fathers Matter

In a recent article for Think Christian, CBI president Dr. David Schuringa draws from his experience in prison ministry to argue for the enduring importance of fatherhood. Although society at large has...

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Traffic Cameras, Domestic Drones and Mandatory Sentencing

Although few of us have experienced mandatory sentencing or drone surveillance, we have all been watched by traffic cameras. In a recent article for Sojourners, CBI president Dr. David Schuringa...

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