The Discipleship House, a two-story brick building on Fillmore, had no room for Donovan Sanders when he moved in last year. So he slept on the floor. Donovan knew he needed the shelter. He appreciated the community and the fellowship of Larry Hope, a Breaking Ground staffer who had moved in about a month before […]
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Urban Immersion – New York City
The Urban Immersion NYC Summer Training Program: June 10 – July 31, 2017. The Urban Immersion program is 7 weeks of intensive training in effective evangelism, personal discipleship and faith-work integration within intentional Christian community. Each week there will be Discipleship and Salt & Light training – equipping students to communicate ether gospal and […]
Rap Sheet to Clean Street
Antwan Candler keeps a printout of his prison record in the bag he carries to work every day at Breaking Ground in North Lawndale. In his prison photo, a 21-year-old young man stares out, his eyes dull and vacant, a little scruff on his chin. Antwan’s vitals are there—born January 1984, brown eyes, 5 feet, […]