M A RC H 2019 C H RI S T I A N S TA N DA RD - 27 -
//MY LIFE STORY . . . FROM GANG MEMBER TO CHURCH PLANTER
BY:
Gonzalo Venegas AS TOLD TO CHRISTIAN STANDARD
I was sitting in a prison cell, serving time for crimes I had committed as the leader of a street gang, when God spoke to me: “My children, my children—take care of my children.” I sensed his radical love. It is the only time I have ever heard from God in such an amazing way, and I cried because I knew exactly what he meant. God wasn’t talking only about young children, but all of his children. He was calling me to be a pastor.