To help incarcerated/formerly incarcerated people overcome the reproach of their anger through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In turn this reduces recidivism, fosters reunification with loved ones and emotionally and spiritually prepares individuals for life after incarceration.
I am Pastor George Quin, author of the book Taking Anger Seriously. My wife Nancy and I have happily labored over 14 years reaching out to the needy in our community and across the state in Texas Prisons.
In 2015, I published the first edition of Taking Anger Seriously, A Divine Answer for Human Anger. But I knew the subject of anger required a greater effort. Therefore I continued to develop the study an additional 9 years. Then in 2024, the new “Expanded and Updated Edition of Taking Anger Seriously was published. Taking Anger Seriously has received high accolades from Christianity Today, Frankfurt Book Fair and the New York Times. We have also published the accompanying Taking Anger Seriously, “Participant Workbook” and “Video Series” and have gifted these materials to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the Denton County Jail.
Midway Church, in Pilot Point Texas, has been our home church for 23 years and became a strong support base for our ministry. I would never venture forward in ministry without the oversight and blessing of the Local Church. Instead, I have served as an Elder (3 yrs), Community Care Pastor (7 yrs), Life Group Leader (20 yrs) and Nursing Home Pastor (16 yrs).
Nancy has also served as a hands-on volunteer in Denton County Jail since 2010, laboring to lift women from domestic violence, drug addictions and the devastating cycle of abuse. She also serves in support of and alongside her like-minded husband in prisons, while exercising her gifts and skills as a practicing editor and administrator of professional documents. She too handles broken lives lovingly and compassionatey, and her presence is an indespensable ingredient to our ministry.
When Nancy and I began serving in the Denton County Jail in 2010 we learned a great deal about God’s grace while patiently helping people overcome their reproach through the teachings of Jesus Christ. In 2017 I began serving on the Board of Directors and teaching Bible at Denton Freedom House in Aubrey, Texas. DFH is a Christ-Centered Home for men and women who struggle with addiction. In 2019, Nancy and I began to serve in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) serving inmates throughout the state. In 2023 I also began serving on the Board of Directors at Hope Inn Christ, a home for boys who have been through the Texas Juvenile Justice System.
Prior to becoming state volunteers, Nancy and I gained hands on experience helping inmates re-enter society. We had many offenders live in our home and provided discipleship, helping them to reunite with their families as they dealt with the reproach of their sins. We learned to value those individuals and covet their lives for God.
Then, as Pastor at Midway, I helped to administer our safe Church program, walking with offenders as they carried out their responsibility to the state and maintained their accountablity to the Church. Coinciding with our discipleship experience at the Denton Freedom House, we worked hand in hand with Jimmie Exline to establish a Christ-Centered recovery program at Midway Church. Others have come along to serve in similar discipleship roles.
As Pastor, I administered our Church Benevolence program reaching out to the needy and dysfunctional, but nothing has stroked our heartstrings more than helping women who were abused, trafficked, and addicted to drugs and achohol.
Many times, we have witnessed God answer needs out of the whirlwind (Job 38:1) of brokenness, reproach and family crises. He graciously intervened, changing lives and restoring relationships thourgh the Gospel of Jesus Christ, causing testimonies to abound with praises unto God. We saw God do the impossible.
It is historically recorded that the Queen of Sheba asked King Solomon “what is the most beautiful thing in the world. He answered, “the most beautiful thing in the world is a repentant sinner.” After the things I have observed, I find that hard to argue. Witnessing such life-change is among our family’s greatest joys.
Presently, we are helping to establish Taking Anger Seriously, as a premier Anger Management Program in TDCJ and in prisons throughout the United States. Please pray for us and help us or perhaps join us in discipleship ministry to the brokenhearted.
Watch Jasen Musolino’s inspiring testimony about his journey from prison to redemption. He shares how his life took a dramatic turn when he encountered God during his time behind bars. This divine meeting became the catalyst for his transformation, giving him hope, healing, and a renewed sense of purpose. Jasen’s story is a testament to the power of faith and the possibility of change, no matter how broken or lost one may feel.
Establishing a Christ-Centered Anger course throughout prisons in the United States.
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