January 2002

Breakaway Outreach provided evangelistic services in New York City juvenile offender institutions during the aftermath of 9/11. Many of the kids and staff in these facilities knew someone who had died in the tragedy.

In each institution, Christian rap artist Sean Slaughter delivered the life-changing message of Jesus Christ in a language that street kids could understand through hip hop music.

Former All-American basketball player Regi Harris also shared his testimony with New York City youth offenders. He told them how drugs took him from being an All-American athlete to being an inmate for the Florida Department of Corrections. Regi spoke straight to the kids about the pain he put his parents through and the pain he suffered when they passed away while he was locked up.

Other testimonies included a Christian mother who has a son who is locked up. She shared from a mother’s perspective the brokenness and devastation that families experience when kids get into trouble.

Evangelists Jimmy Larche and James Roberts preached the simple message of God's salvation and over 180 young people made professions of faith in Christ.

The crusade concluded with a training workshop for local church volunteers to be equipped for continued discipleship programs within these facilities.