From jail to Jesus: Ex-addict’s transformative journey

Emily Pollok  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  5 Feb 2025
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From jail to Jesus: Ex-addict’s transformative journey

Lewis Gibson (left) at the baptism of another ex-addict, Adam (middle) who he sponsored.

Just before he received his last prison sentence in 2019, Lewis Gibson was living in a homeless hostel. He’d been warned that he would end up in jail again if he continued on his drug-fuelled lifestyle.

‘I was in despair, because I knew I was going back to prison,’ Lewis explained. At a crisis point, Gibson turned to a United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) devotional he’d picked up during a previous stint in prison. In it, he read Romans 10:13: ‘Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.’

He took a marker pen and wrote the verse on the wall of his room. ‘It struck me as a revelation,’ he said. ‘I read it again, and I read it out loud. I was so desperate. I’d had enough of the way I was living my life.’

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