“Because I was like, man, this looks like a picture out of the Bible when Jesus saw that village of Samaritan people,” he continued. “He said, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.’”
Daugherty said that the event was transformational and that even men who had been convicted of the most heinous crimes were turning their hearts to God.
“A third of these guys are locked up in there for sexual crimes and then another third are locked up in there for violence and murder—and then another third are locked up in there for drug-related offenses,” said Daugherty. “We had guys in there that we met that were 25 years old and then one guy that was 70 years old and [he’d] been in there for 27 years.”
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“But I felt like God said, ‘Just walk between them, show them the love of God, shake their hands, give them a hug, preach into the crowd,'” he expressed. Despite fearing for his safety, Daugherty “just started hugging them and shaking their hands and praying for [them].”
“And then I did an altar call and I was like, ‘Hey, if any of you want Jesus to be Lord of your life and to walk in his victory for your life and receive his grace and mercy, then you raise your hand,’” said Daugherty. “And over 400 hands went up.”
Daugherty said that Victory Christian Center plans on doing more prison outreach events in future. He even said that “prisons started calling that they want [us] to come.”
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“Praise God. Let’s keep doing this,” he added.
