Modern-Day Joseph's Prison Ministry Reaches Hardened Criminals

WILLS POINT, TX – Discover how GFA World missionary Pastor Samuel’s unjust imprisonment transformed into a powerful prison ministry, touching thousands with Christ’s love.

GFA World national missionary pastor Samuel doesn’t have a coat of many colors, but in many other ways he can identify with the Old Testament figure Joseph. Like Joseph, Samuel spent prime years of his life imprisoned away from his family, but he saw God’s hand mold years of injustice into something beautiful.

Caught in the Crossfire

On December 17, 2004, when police stopped Pastor Samuel and asked him to come answer some questions, he had no idea that he would be numbered among the most dangerous of criminals.

Pastor Samuel had grown up in a non-Christian home, but after experiencing the peace of Jesus, he chose to follow Him in 1998. Feeling a burden to tell others of Christ’s love, Samuel enrolled in a Bible college.

Around the time of his graduation in 2001, Samuel went to minister in a village 13 miles from any decent roads. Nestled among green jungles and hills, the village seemed peaceful. But it became a dangerous place as rebel insurgents began settling there. Although many people were too afraid to travel to this village, Samuel continued serving the people there because God had given him a vision for them.

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