Jacob Crawford is from Austin, Texas, and a proud graduate of the Rise Discipleship home. But for most of his life, he was alone. Both of his parents passed away, and as an only child, he was thrown into the world by himself, carrying abandonment wounds he had no idea how to hold. So he did what a lot of people do with pain that deep. He numbed it with drugs. The Cycle Even after he got saved, Jacob couldn't break free. For four years he lived in a loop of relapse and sobriety, relapse and...

Andrew Bray came to the Rise Discipleship men's home from Las Vegas, Nevada, after years of what he calls a very turbulent lifestyle: a revolving door of incarceration and a lifelong battle with addiction. It started young. As a kid he was always getting into fights, setting things on fire, shoplifting from stores. Then he would go home and be a good son. Two lives, running side by side, from the time he was a little boy. "When I got older, the double life was just my standard." The Man...

GRADUATE TESTIMONY: Dillion's Intake Photo My name is Dillion Martinez. I’m 27 years old and I’m from Carlsbad, New Mexico. Before coming...