Prior to the American Civil War, runaway slaves would attempt to find freedom via the Underground Railroad--a network of houses, barns, and churches where the fugitive slaves could hide in safety.  For many escaping slaves whose ultimate destination was Canada, the first major hurdle on their route was the Ohio River which separated the Southern slave states from the Northern free states.  In fact, the Ohio was often referred to as the "River Jordan" which needed to be crossed in order to reach the "Promised Land."

TWR's Cindy Finley heads up a ministry which uses this metaphor of crossing a river in order to find freedom.  It's called RiverCross, and here's the basic idea: 

"We believe that the world’s most vulnerable children need a bridge to hope.  For many children, trauma has broken their hearts.  With broken hearts they shut down.  RiverCross builds bridges of hope to help children cross from where their trauma defines them into the arms of Christ."(1)

To learn more about RiverCross, listen to today's Footsteps, and then click on the link below to browse through the RiverCross web site.

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(Photo of Cindy Finley, Global Ministry Director for TWR's RiverCross)

1.  "About RiverCross," accessed December 5, 2017, https://www.twrrivercross.org/.