Cyntoia Brown-Long

God has gifted businesspeople with networks, resources, and leadership skills to impact the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Satan, on the other hand, is working overtime to thwart the advancement of God's kingdom by using our culture to disable and discourage kingdom businesses and their leaders.This is where you step in.If you are a business owner or leader, it's time to: - Discover three ways Christians in business are uniquely equipped to spread the gospel.- Identify how the enemy is holding you back and let God break those chains of bondage as you step into your kingdom identity.- Embrace God's purpose for your business and your life.There is a calling on your life. There is a calling on business. Once you fully grasp it, you'll realize that the mission God has placed you on is too good to be true. This is your invitation to step into the epicenter of the BOOM

God has gifted businesspeople with networks, resources, and leadership skills to impact the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Satan, on the other hand, is working overtime to thwart the advancement of God's kingdom by using our culture to disable and discourage kingdom businesses and their leaders.This is where you step in.If you are a business owner or leader, it's time to: - Discover three ways Christians in business are uniquely equipped to spread the gospel.- Identify how the enemy is holding you back and let God break those chains of bondage as you step into your kingdom identity.- Embrace God's purpose for your business and your life.There is a calling on your life. There is a calling on business. Once you fully grasp it, you'll realize that the mission God has placed you on is too good to be true. This is your invitation to step into the epicenter of the BOOM

NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Biography/Autobiography In her own words, Cyntoia Brown-Long shares the riveting and redemptive story of how she changed her life for the better while in prison, finding hope through faith after a traumatic adolescence of drug addiction, rape, and sex trafficking led to a murder conviction. “Those...years in prison hadn’t just turned me into woman. They transformed me. The girl who desperately wanted to belong, who felt powerless, who clawed, and scratched her way out of every corner she was backed into, was gone.” At the age of sixteen, Cyntoia Brown, a survivor of human trafficking, was arrested for killing a man who had picked her up for sex. Two years later, she was sentenced to life in prison. Brown reflects on the isolation, low self-esteem, and sense of alienation that drove her straight into the hands of a predator. Once in prison, she attempts to build a positive path and honor the values her beloved adoptive mother, Ellenette, taught her, but Cyntoia succumbs to harmful influences that drive her to a cycle of progress and setbacks. Then, a fateful meeting with a prison educator turned mentor offers Cyntoia the opportunity to make the pivotal decision to strive for a better future, even if she’s never freed. In these pages, Cyntoia shares the details of her transformation, including a profound encounter with God, an unlikely romance, an unprecedented outpouring of support from social media advocates and A-list celebrities, and her release from prison. A coming-of-age memoir set against the shocking backdrop of a life behind bars, Free Cyntoia takes you on a spiritual journey as Cyntoia struggles to overcome a lifetime of feeling ostracized and abandoned by society.

NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Biography/Autobiography In her own words, Cyntoia Brown shares the riveting and redemptive story of how she changed her life for the better while in prison, finding hope through faith after a traumatic adolescence of drug addiction, rape, and sex trafficking led to a murder conviction. Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison for a murder she committed at the age of sixteen. Her case became national news when celebrities and activists made the hashtag #FreeCyntoia go viral in 2017. She was granted full clemency after having served fifteen years, walking out a free woman on August 7, 2019. This is her story, in her own words. In these pages, written over the fifteen years she was incarcerated, Cyntoia shares the difficult early life that lead to that fateful night and how she found the strength to not only survive, but thrive, in prison. A coming-of-age memoir set against the shocking backdrop of a life behind bars, Free Cyntoia takes you on a spiritual journey as Cyntoia struggles to overcome a legacy of family addiction and a lifetime of feeling ostracized and abandoned by society. Born to a teenage alcoholic mother who was also a victim of sex trafficking, Brown reflects on the isolation, low self-esteem, and sense of alienation that drove her straight into the hands of a predator. Though she attempts to build a positive path and honor the values her beloved adoptive mother taught her, Cyntoia succumbs to harmful influences that drive her to a cycle of promise and despair. After a fateful meeting with a prison educator turned mentor, Cyntoia makes the pivotal decision to take classes at Lipscomb University and strive for a better future, even if she’s never freed. For the first time ever, Cyntoia shares the details of her transformation, including a profound encounter with God, an unlikely romance, and an unprecedented outpouring of support from social media advocates and A-list celebrities, which ultimately lead to clemency and her release from prison. Giving a rare look at the power of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery in the darkest of places, Free Cyntoia is a deeply personal portrait of one woman’s journey for redemption within a system that had failed her from childhood.