Trust First
A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances
If we choose to trust unconditionally, how many lives could we change?
When Pastor Bruce Deel took over the Mission Church in the 30314 zip code of Atlanta, he had orders to shut it down. The church was old and decrepit, and its neighborhood--known as "Better Leave, You Effing Fool," or "the Bluff," for short--had the highest rates of crime, homelessness, and incarceration in Georgia. Expecting his time there to only last six months, Deel was not prepared for what happened next. One Sunday, he was approached by a woman he didn't know. "I've been hooking and stripping for fourteen years," she said. "Can you help me?"
Soon after, Bruce founded an organization called City of Refuge rooted in the principle of…
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July 23, 2019Sara Grace is a New York-based author and editorial partner to entrepreneurs, artists, and earth-shakers who have a great story to tell. Find her at saragraceeditorial.com.
