This Ex-Convict Who Gave His Life to Christ Will be the President's Special Guest at State of the Union Speech

Will Maule : Feb 5, 2019
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Other SOTU guests include former drug addict Ashley Evans, anti-trafficking agent Elvin Hernandez and Joshua Trump, a 6th grade student who has been relentlessly bullied as a result of his last name.

(Washington, DC)—[Faithwire.com] President Donald Trump has revealed the list of special guests who will be invited to attend his much-anticipated State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Among the esteemed invitees is a newly released prisoner who gave his life to Jesus while behind bars. (Image: Matthew Charles/Twitter-Carolina Hurley/via Faithwire)

In 1996, Matthew Charles was sentenced to 35 years in prison for various offenses, including selling crack cocaine. While incarcerated, Charles "completed more than 30 Bible studies, became a law clerk, taught GED classes, and mentored fellow inmates," according to a White House press release.

Then, earlier this year, he was one of the first inmates released under the "Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person" or "First Step" Act. The act, passed by President Trump last December, drastically expands compassionate release, gives prisoners the opportunity to transfer closer to home and offers major incentives for inmates who are willing to participate in various prison programs... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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