Quote of the Month: May 2018
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I gave my life to Christ in the County jail, was baptized in that orange jump suit..."-Kurt MooreKurt Moore is now a successful businessman, but years ago after college he came back to his neighborhood in Indianapolis and decided to make money the easy way. He was arrested and charged with selling drugs and in possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. Kurt went to Federal prison for 13 years.But the baptism stuck, and according to Kurt he would not have become the person he is today without the trouble that broke him and brought him to his knees. Today, he runs his business and takes teens who have never been out of the neighborhood to camp where they canoe and swim and just get to be kids. He hires ex-offenders because without that first job he got after prison, he might have slipped back.He'll tell you, his jail-house conversion never left him...it is his faith that drives him, and he'll always be grateful for that.Blessin...
I gave my life to Christ in the County jail, was baptized in that orange jump suit..."
-Kurt Moore
Kurt Moore is now a successful businessman, but years ago after college he came back to his neighborhood in Indianapolis and decided to make money the easy way. He was arrested and charged with selling drugs and in possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. Kurt went to Federal prison for 13 years.
But the baptism stuck, and according to Kurt he would not have become the person he is today without the trouble that broke him and brought him to his knees. Today, he runs his business and takes teens who have never been out of the neighborhood to camp where they canoe and swim and just get to be kids. He hires ex-offenders because without that first job he got after prison, he might have slipped back.
He'll tell you, his jail-house conversion never left him...it is his faith that drives him, and he'll always be grateful for that.
Blessings,
Jim
"...With God, all things are possible" - Matthew 19:26
About Jim Cotterill
Jim Cotterill co-founded 2nd Chance Indiana (as UNITE INDY) in late 2016. After a decade as the founding president of National Christian Foundation Indiana following several years developing a chain of Business Journals across the country, he and his wife, Nancy, were led to serve those coming out of long term incarceration by helping them find and keep jobs that pay a living wage. Jim and Nancy believe that, through the dignity of work, reentrants' lives can be changed and their families can be lifted out of poverty.
