About Us

For many years, Clint has firmly believed in providing Biblically sound instruction for men & women in prisons and jails. These people are going through some of the most desperate hours of their lives and need to know Jesus, the world’s only true Savior. In 2015, he began in-person classes at Middle River Regional Jail. What he saw there were people who had taken some small steps in faith and now longed to know about God and what He desires for us. He started using the Firm Foundations class to teach them Bible basics and that having a relationship with Christ could provide the missing security in our lives that we all long for. Everything drastically changed when Covid struck. In-person classes became impossible, and the ministry seemed over. But God has a long history of transforming ashes into beauty. New Leaf petitioned Middle River to continue the lessons our students had started via correspondence. Suddenly we could extend our reach to all the men still on the waiting list for the class. Via correspondence, we were able to begin enrolling women into our study and extend our ministry past the jail into the prisons. We only had 12 men in that live class; all we could minister to at one time. But through this disaster, God gave us a new vision and a new reach. All at once we had almost 100 students wanting to take our courses through the mail. The Lord says in Isaiah, "I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it? I have put roads in deserts, streams in thirsty lands" (43:19). As we reacted to this change, our numbers have grown substantially. Because we aren't limited by time and location, we could expand the available instruction and offer two more courses. As fellow inmates saw what our students were doing, God ignited in their hearts a thirst for His word and a desire for His forgiveness. Soon we received many more inquiries to take our courses. This inmate-to-inmate referral has placed our courses in almost every prison in Virginia, several in South Carolina and even out to Ohio. This is what God has done to keep His Word, His Gospel, available to incarcerated people so that God's promise through Jeremiah can be fulfilled: "If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me" (29:13).