"Before, we were in rival gangs, firing guns," Pastor Tatsuya Shindo exclaims from a pulpit in what was formerly a bar. "Now, we're praising the same God." Mobster turned pastor preaches to ex-yakuza in Japan - CNN.com
"A lot of people with different backgrounds come here (to our church). Those who are divorced, bankrupt and cast away. There are also parents who have missing children, those whose sons are put into jail, or those who've been abandoned after prison. This is a place to restart your life," he says. "A yakuza returning to society is indeed extraordinary."
Luke 5:31-32, 'And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
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