Treasures out of darkness.
I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places…
Every statistic on this site has a face. These are the men and women who walked in at their lowest — and the lives they live now. We tell these stories with each person's blessing, because they're the truest thing we can show you about this church.
Featured story
Roel Chavez
From the streets to founder and CEO of his own medical diagnostics company. Pastor Max calls it a real rags-to-riches story.
Roel Chavez · came through the men's home
From the street outreach
Sal Aguirre
One of the leaders of our street outreach — and living proof of where an outreach conversation can end up.
Sanford Washington
From the prison life to Assistant Pastor of this church — his life turned around in the Victory Home, and he hasn't been the same since.
Tammy Beatty
So lost and broken, she cried out to God — and found healing, purpose, and eight and a half years leading the women's home she once walked into.
The pattern behind the stories
They stay. Then they lead.
Here's the part that still amazes us: around half of the leaders in this church first came through our recovery homes. The person who hands you a coffee, leads your Bible study, or directs one of the homes may have arrived exactly the way you did. We call it paying it forward.
Your chapter isn't finished either.