Crossroad Bible institute
President’s rePort 2014
30
YEARS
Continue to remember those in prison as
if you were together with them in prison,
and those who are mistreated as if you
yourselves were suffering.
– Hebrews 13:3
Copyright © 2015, CBI Publishing Center.
Senior Editor: H. David Schuringa
Managing Editor: Alexa Winik
Graphic Designer: Nicole Mott
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Table of ConTenTs
Board of Directors............................................................5
Letter from the President...................................................7
CBI Historical Timeline......................................................8
CBI Headquarters...........................................................10
Students......................................................................12
Instructors....................................................................14
Thirty Years of God’s Faithfulness........................................16
Spanish and International Programs......................................17
The Center for Advanced Studies.........................................20
Crossroad Correctional Services..........................................21
Affiliates......................................................................22
Finances......................................................................23
Mission sTaTeMenT
Crossroad Bible Institute equips the church
to disciple people in prison with the Word
of God, free of charge, wherever they are
incarcerated. It is a personal, in-depth and
long-term program that is uniquely designed
to help incarcerated persons grow dramatically in a life-transforming relationship with
Jesus Christ, preparing them for and assisting
them in successful reentry upon release.
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board of direCTors
Beth Bouws
Myrna Pérez
Nellie den Dulk
Dan Rinzema
Jill Friend
Bruce Ryskamp
Martin Hughes
H. David Schuringa
Ray Middel
Phillips Winter
College advisory board
Gary Bekker
H. David Schuringa
Martin Hughes
Paul Sweet
Myrna Pérez
Bernice Van Klaveren
Kojo Quartey
John Voortman
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looking baCk, looking ahead
Thirty years ago, Tom de Vries, a former real estate agent with
a passion for prison ministry, started Crossroad Bible Institute.
He wanted to provide long-term discipleship for Michigan prisoners that would follow them no matter how many times they were
transferred.
Fifteen years later, I accepted the call to serve as CBI’s president
and nowhere else have I seen God move quite like He has with
this ministry as it expanded across America and around the globe.
Filled with thanks for God’s blessings, I want to share the highlights that have transpired at Crossroad over the last thirty years.
exPlosive Growth: Crossroad continues to serve a special niche
in the Great Commission, partnering with evangelistic ministries,
such as Bill Glass Champions for Life and RBC Ministries, to provide long-term discipleship to respondents.
CBi international: Crossroad’s explosive growth is taking off
around the world with satellite campuses on all six livable continents. Each campus is led by indigenous directors who train
church members to disciple prisoners in their own countries.
life skills ProGram: It’s been a fifteen-year dream come true
to roll out a practical life skills program to meet the needs of
returning citizens, namely in the areas of work ethic, addiction
recovery, family, financial stewardship and community.
reentry assistanCe: Crossroad now partners with over 1,500
reentry agencies who help our students find jobs, housing and
churches to call home.
advoCaCy: To advocate for a more just society, I serve on a
council at the Brennan Center for Justice that seeks to restore
voting rights to returning citizens, as well as on Governor Rick
Snyder’s Michigan Indigent Defense Commission. I also support
sentencing reform, the
“Ban the Box” movement
and restorative justice
practices.
Crossroad ColleGe: As recently announced, our Tier 3 program, which has been offering college-level courses for fifteen
years, is gearing up to offer a fully accredited, two-year associate of arts degree. These college courses will serve as Crossroad’s
deepest level of discipleship for those who have the aptitude to
participate.
PuBliC awareness and CBi.tv: Our quarterly publications and
our thirty-minute web and cable TV program provide top-shelf
education that equips the church to support prisoners and returning citizens. You can watch Crossroad Connection every week at
www.cbi.tv or on five local cable channels in West Michigan.
As I reflect on the ways Crossroad has grown over the years, I’m
grateful and more excited than ever about where God is leading
this ministry as we continue to reach the least, the last and the
lost with the truth of His Word and the love of His people.
Surely God touched the hearts of Tom de Vries, his family and his
church friends when they started this ministry thirty years ago.
Look where God has taken it! Just imagine where He’s going to
bring it.
Sincerely,
Rev. H. David Schuringa, PhD
President
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Cbi hisToriCal TiMeline
Crossroad Bible Institute
is officially incorporated
on September 10, 1984.
Active student body
surpasses 1,000.
1984
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Dr. David Schuringa
is appointed as CBI’s
president.
CBI launches its
Spanish program.
1999
2002
1993
1990
1998
2000
Referral partnerships begin
with The Back to God Hour,
followed by RBC Ministries
and Prison Fellowship.
CBI establishes its first
international satellite
campus in Canada.
Active student body
surpasses 10,000.
Advisory Board is installed
for the development of
Crossroad College.
Active student body
surpasses 40,000.
CBI receives licensure
as a post-secondary
school in the state of
Michigan.
Mandarin translation of CBI’s Tier 1
is completed.
2006
2008
2012
2005
The Center for
advanced studies is
established.
CBI starts its
Reentry Program
and Crossroad
Correctional services.
2007
2009
Crossroad Connection Cbi kids launches the
Manga Messiah propremiers as
gram for the children
a radio broadcast.
of prisoners.
CBI moves international
headquarters to 2480 44th
St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI.
CBI rolls out its new Tier 2
Five-Star Reentry Program.
2014
2013
Active student body
surpasses 45,000.
Dr. Schuringa is appointed
to Governor Rick Snyder’s
Michigan indigent
defense Commission.
Crossroad Connection
morphs into a thirty-minute
Dr. Schuringa is appointed TV broadcast and moves to
five West Michigan cable
to be a member on the
stations.
Communities of Faith
CBI hosts the grand
Advisory Council at the
opening of the inmate
brennan
Center for Justice at
art gallery.
CBI International estabNew York University of Law.
lishes its twentieth international satellite campus, Cbi
Puerto rico.
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Cbi headQUarTers
397 OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
Whether in the United States or abroad, whether young or old,
Crossroad office volunteers and staff are dedicated to making sure that the ministry runs smoothly. They process lessons,
send newsletters, answer phones and record scores; in some
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38,720 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF SERVICE
countries volunteers and staff even hand-deliver lessons to the
prisons. In short, they do whatever it takes to ensure that CBI
students can continue studying the Word of God.
sTUdenTs
For thirty years, CBI has introduced men and women in prison to
the fullness of life in Christ. Whether behind bars or returning to
society, these students learn about God’s Word over the course
of three increasingly in-depth tiers of study. This year, a record-
breaking number of students studied under the attentive care of
their faithful Instructors. With over 45,000 active students spread
across six continents, we can only imagine what the Lord has
planned for the next thirty years!
45,876 STUDENTS
7,477 GRADUATES
3,359 CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
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’03
’05
’07
’09
’11
’13
’15
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insTrUCTors
Crossroad supported over five thousand Instructors in their ministry to our brothers and sisters in prison this year. These Instructors, some of whom have served since CBI’s earliest days, combine
biblical knowledge with compassionate hearts to mentor CBI
students. Instructors correct lessons and write personal letters of
encouragement, devoting themselves to the discipleship of each
individual student. They are the heart of Crossroad’s thirty-year
legacy of faithful prison ministry.
6,000
5,000
4,000
5,625 INSTRUCTORS
3,000
2,000
211,542 HOURS OF SERVICE
1,000
0
’99
’01
’03
’05
’07 ’09 ’11 ’13 ’15
Number of INSTruCTorS
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30 YEARS OF SERVICE!
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ThirTy years of god’s faiThfUlness
In the last thirty years, Crossroad Bible Institute has . . .
Sent over 16,000 Bibles to prisoners all over the world
Enrolled over 500,000 students
Reached 111 countries
Sent lessons to over 7,000 correctional facilities
Discipled students in all 50 states
Equipped over 11,000 church members
Making ToMorroW’s disCiPles
Tier 1
Faith Foundations
1. Great Truths of the Bible
2. Survey of the Bible
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Tier 2
Life Skills Program
1. All Work Is God’s Work
2. It All Belongs to God
3. No Other Gods
4. All in God’s Family
5. Flourishing in Community
Tier 3
Advanced Bible
Study
(in development)
Crossroad College
(in development)
sPanish and inTernaTional PrograMs
Over the last thirty years, God has opened doors for CBI to grow
from its fledgling start in Michigan prisons into an international
organization with 27 established and emerging satellite campuses
on all six livable continents. As always, each satellite campus runs
under the direction of indigenous leadership and the care of the
local church.
This self-sustaining model ensures the longevity of Crossroad’s
program and the ability of each campus to meet the unique needs
of the prisoners it serves. In many developing countries, for exam-
ple, Instructors must hand-deliver food and medicine to students
along with their graded lessons. Other campuses are addressing a
need for reentry programs through business start-ups that employ
returning citizens, such as CBI Singapore’s Crossroad Catering
Services.
In celebration of this diversity within the global church, CBI and
its international campuses continue to dream together about how
God will shape each country’s ministry in the decades to come.
37 COUNTRIES WITH CBI STUDENTS
20 ESTABLISHED SATELLITE CAMPUSES
7 EMERGING SATELLITE CAMPUSES
3,237 SPANISH-SPEAkING STUDENTS WORLDWIDE
ORLDWIDE
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inTernaTional saTelliTe CaMPUses
CBi Canada
Martie VanNiekerk, Director
CBi Puerto riCo
Madeline Garcia, Director
CBi mexiCo
Seminario Todas Las Naciones
(All Nations Seminary)
CBi Guatemala
Byron Aguilar, Director
CBi niCaraGua
Emerson & Martina Wilson, Directors
CBi ColomBia
Antonio Prieto Surmay, Director
CBi eCuador
Angel Aguirre Villamar, Director
CBi sierra leone
Lahai Kargbo, Director
CBi liBeria emerGinG
Jacob Vambo, Acting Director
CBi Ghana
David Kwadwo Ofosuhene,
Director
CBi niGeria-rivers state
Sunny N. Roberts, Director
CBi niGeria-akwa iBom state emerGinG
Matthew Nsibiet, Acting Director
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CBi united kinGdom
Matthew Savage, Director
CBi india
Mathotmi Vasha, Director
CBi CamBodia emerGinG
Borakmony Chea, Acting Director
CBi sinGaPore
Paul Tan, Director
CBi malaysia
Bobby John, Director
CBi indonesia emerGinG
Chandra Tobing, Acting Director
CBi Guam emerGinG
Rose Van Engen, Acting Director
CBi australia & south PaCifiC
Ray Hoekzema & Anne Bruinsma, Directors
CBi kenya
Jefferson Kabiro Gathu, Director
CBi new Zealand
Peggy Landkroon, Director
CBi uGanda emerGinG
Wilberforce Walusimbi, Acting Director
CBi tanZania emerGinG
Norbert Mbwiliza, Acting Director
CBi malawi
Wale Junaid, Director
CBi ZamBia
Gilbert Mutale Mwamba, Director
CBi south afriCa
Eddie Boersema, Interim Director
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The CenTer for advanCed sTUdies
The Center for Advanced Studies provides educational resources of
the highest quality to students, supporters and the general public.
THIS YEAR . . .
All Work Is God’s Work, the first course in the new Tier 2 Life Skills
Program, was piloted by CBI students.
Dr. Schuringa published a book of practical resources for addiction
recovery, Seven Secrets for Kicking the Habit: A Holistic Approach to Getting Your Addictions Under Control.
Crossroad College entered Phase 2 and is in the process of developing a fully accredited two-year degree program.
Crossroad Connection, CBI’s TV ministry, expanded to a thirtyminute program and hosted forty new guests. The show is available
on CBI’s website and on five cable stations in West Michigan.
The Spanish translation of Manga Messiah, CBI’s course for children, was published. The course will also be used by adults with
lower literacy levels.
The Center hosted continuing education seminars and art gallery
tours to help the public better understand their brothers and sisters
behind bars.
27 CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS
75 WORkS OF ART IN THE INMATE ART GALLERY
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Crossroad CorreCTional serviCes
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a
never-failing stream!
–Amos 5:24
As the social justice branch of CBI, Crossroad Correctional Services couples CBI’s legacy of long-term discipleship with a commitment to changing broken systems in society. CCS provides reentry
and advocacy resources to people in prison and returning citizens.
THIS YEAR . . .
Dr. Schuringa was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to serve on
the michigan indigent defense Commission.
CCS provided thousands of students with parole letters of recommendation, and assisted thousands of people in prison with their
reentry to society.
Dr. Schuringa served as a panelist at a bipartisan Senate briefing
on Capitol Hill about voting rights re-enfranchisement for returning citizens through the democracy restoration act.
Dr. Schuringa was invited to attend the sojourners summit for
social Justice.
CCS began working on its first voting rights restoration campaign
in Florida.
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affiliaTes
CBI’s first student referral partnership with The Back to God Hour
in the 1990s was a foretaste of the many affiliates that would
come to bolster CBI’s growing student body. Since then, hundreds
of prison ministries, publishing houses, churches and chaplains
have referred prisoners to CBI’s long-term discipleship program
in order to supplement their own ministries and spread God’s
Word behind bars.
over 1,500 reenTry
affiliaTe agenCies
Additionally, CBI goes on to refer its students to over 1,500
partnering reentry agencies across North America that help
returning citizens find housing, employment and a church family
upon release. CBI envisions that these enduring partnerships will
continue, Lord willing, to restore shalom to the lives of incarcerated people for many years to come.
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Crossroad finanCial rePorT
BUDGET 2014
Supplies
Books/Lessons
Curriculum Development (Outsourced)
Equipment
Postage
Telephone/Internet
Advertising (Recruitment)
Travel/Training
Insurance
Advancement
Facility Expenses
Professional Services
Dues and Memberships
Support Services
In-Kind Labor
Taxes/SS/Pension
Uncategorized
total:
150,000
57,000
60,000
67,000
395,000
11,000
7,000
27,000
78,000
47,500
65,000
7,500
9,000
750,000
5,240,000
130,000
10,000
$7,111,000
ExPENSE RATIOS
ProgramExpenses93.7%
ManagementExpenses2.5%
FundraisingExpenses3.8%
God has provided for Crossroad’s operation and rapid expansion for another
year, thanks to your responses to His promptings in your heart. Having completed the first year in our new facility, we are pleased to report that, as you can
see from the rest of this President’s Report, the ministry continues to thrive and
move forward in God’s providence, just as it has for the past thirty years.
It has always been important to me that Crossroad will not become a fundraising machine. That’s why we have no fundraisers, no development teams and no
slick promotions. The monthly newsletters we do send are designed primarily to
inform and inspire, although we include a donation envelope as a way to “pass
the offering basket.”
As you can see in our breakdown of costs, the work of our volunteers saves us
millions of dollars, and the fundraising costs we do have are minimal compared
to other ministries.
But there are still significant costs involved above and beyond the millions saved
by our volunteers. For example, the ministry of each Instructor costs us around
$300 a year; each student’s “free tuition” comes out to about $120 a year.
That’s why I am deeply thankful for your generous financial support. God is
doing a powerful work through you in this worldwide ministry of the church to
incarcerated people. Thanks to you, the numbers of CBI’s active student body
and its contingent of Instructors reached all-time highs in 2014; it’s certainly
been a milestone year in more ways than one.
As a note, I know that some of you reading this report are on fixed incomes.
I understand that you need to be good stewards with your money so that it
doesn’t “run out.” I don’t expect large donations from you, but I do hope you
will remember that you can include Crossroad in your estate planning, which
grants you an opportunity to give the largest gift of your life.
To all who have financially contributed to CBI over these three decades of ministry, thank you in the name of Him from Whom all blessings flow.
—Rev. H. David Schuringa, PhD
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