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This mission of this ministry is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ; and be examples of LOVE in action. ALL glory goes to God. Martin and his family.

Bobby and Pam Clark were involved in a tragic accident that took their lives. An incredible set of circumstances occurred on the night of August 21, 2015 that put the truck driven by C.J. Martin and the motorcycle ridden by Bobby and Pam on paths that would cross. Incredible, almost unbelievable, acts of love and grace were poured out immediately upon Mr. A man, who had lived obediently for the ma

jority of his life, found himself in a most devastating and horrific situation. Beginning with an action by Robin Quisenberry, the daughter of Bobby and Pam, the Martin family were assured that the Quisenberry and Clark families were going to move on a path of forgiveness. On October 26, 2015, Mr. Martin was summoned to court as he was charged in the accident. The Holy Spirit moved within JT Clark to go to court on behalf of Mr. Martin and pay his fine. The twists that took place in the court room were miraculous. All of the things that have transpired since the night of the accident have impacted thousands of lives to date. The story continues to evolve. It is our hope that those that hear our story will know the love and forgiveness that is available from our Father in heaven. Contact My Brothers' Crossing to schedule a speaker for an upcoming church service or your next event. Love God...Love People

08/29/2026

Our mom transitioned on May 22, 2026. Our House of Purpose Ministries Family prepared this resolution to honor and remember her. My niece, Corretta Martin Johnson, read this resolution on behalf of our church family at the service celebrating her life on May 30, 2026. I’ve transcribed it below with images of the actual document included below. It was a special part of the celebration of the impact of her life.

RESOLUTION OF HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE FOR NANCY ANN CLARK

Whereas, in the Providence of God, He has brought to a close the life of Nancy Ann Clark, affectionately known as “Mama Clark.” the officers and members of House of Purpose Ministries feel it befitting to express our heartfelt sympathy to the family during the passing of Mama Clark.

We commend you to Him who knoweth best and who always doeth right. May the peace, comfort, and strength of God sustain you in the days ahead. Please know that you are continually in our thoughts and prayers.

Whereas, Nancy was the beloved mother of our own Elder, J.T. Clark, founder of My Brothers’ Crossing. “Mama Clark” leaves behind a lasting impact on the House of Purpose church family. From the very beginning, she exemplified compassion, grace, and a spirit of forgiveness. She opened her heart to our Pastor CJ and lovingly embraced him as her own.

House of Purpose Ministries and My Brothers’ Crossing stand united as one family because of the God-given heart of Nancy Clark. As a family, we will continue to honor her memory by following the example she so faithfully displayed.

We are forever grateful for this mighty woman of God and the beautiful legacy of love, faith, and unity she leaves behind.

Be it resolved, that we bow in humble submission to Him who never makes a mistake, and remind the family to be encouraged by the words of this comforting poem:

A Life That Blessed Us
You lived with grace and purpose,
walking through life with open hands
and an open heart.

Your kindness shaped our days,
your laughter filled our spirits,
and your wisdom guided our steps.

You gave love freely,
served others faithfully,
and left a legacy of compassion
that will continue to inspire all
who were blessed to know you.

Though our hearts are heavy in your absence,
we rejoice in the beautiful life you lived
and the countless memories you leave behind.

We honor you now
by carrying your goodness forward,
cherishing your example,
and remembering always
the light you brought into this world.

Lovingly submitted,
The House of Purpose Church Family

Be it further resolved, that a copy of this Resolution be presented to the family of Nancy Ann Clark, and that a copy be preserved in the archives of House of Purpose Ministries as a lasting tribute to her life and legacy.

Submitted this 30th day of May, 2026

The Officers and Members of
House of Purpose Ministries
2805 Riverside Drive
Bassett, Virginia 24055

Elder C.J. Martin, Pastor

08/24/2026

Peace-Filled Week…

I have just come through the most peace-filled week that I have had in a year. The last 7-10 days have been wonderful to experience. The grief, hurt, and loss have been great. I have cried buckets of tears. I experienced the first bit of anger the day I was flying to Arkansas. That lasted for a week or so. Every time I walk into a prison, I receive a reminder as how not to respond. God has used my calling to prepare me and help me through this time. My pastor (CJ Martin) challenged me early-on when I learned of the circumstances that had unfolded…

“You can walk this out the way the world would have you walk this out and your life will be destroyed. Or, you can walk this out in a way that will honor God. What you did in the courtroom for me ten years ago (now 11), you had no idea what you were doing as you were doing it. But in this, you have an opportunity to take everything you’ve been learning these past ten years, everything you have been teaching and preaching and apply it in your life and this situation right now. How can you go into prisons, jails, and recovery centers and tell people to hang on if you’re not going to hang on.”

On December 6, I was traveling home from a ministry engagement and I called my pastor. I said, “CJ, I don’t mean to be self-serving in asking this question, but have I been walking this out the right way? Have I been doing this in a way that would honor God?” He replied, “Brother, I’m not going to tell you that you’ve handled it perfectly. But, I don’t know how you could be doing it any better than you are.” He followed that statement with reflections that were in support of his reply.

This week has a couple of dates that could be traps against that peace. This Friday is my former wife’s birthday - the first since this process began unfolding last September. And Saturday would have been our 39th wedding anniversary. We haven’t been together in ten months, but we aren’t divorced yet. So I don’t know how that counts (or not). I’ll be spending time with my daughters this weekend.

I have been accused of doing what I do for vainglory, to get a pat on the back. And in the accusation the individuals are not wrong. They’re just not right in the way they think they’re right. I am seeking a pat on the back. I am seeking that pat on the back as I hear those words, “WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.”

I believe that I am where I am today because of three things: (1) My relationship with Jesus Christ. (2) The men and women that God sent to minister to, pray for, sustain, and encourage me. (3) The ministry work that He provided for me to do. In this last point, when this all started to unfold, I wanted to quit. I didn’t want to continue. Once again my pastor challenged me. He said “Don’t you dare quit! Don’t you dare sit down! Something doesn’t add up in this. Something doesn’t make sense. You keep doing what God is giving you to do.”

HE has sustained me. And I finally experienced a peace-filled week. Thank you for continued prayers for all involved.

*I was parked when I took this photo.*

08/21/2026

If you are looking for the movie on Positiv TV, (Friday night 8/21) use this link from your device:
https://watch.positiv.tv

The film will air at 8:00 pm and 10:30 pm.

08/14/2026

Some reviews and testimonies just hit different…

Every day I receive a message in some form from at least one person reflecting upon how God has used his ministry of My Brothers’ Crossing to impact a life. Yesterday‘s message came in the form of a Facebook post from an individual who was released from prison on August 5. The entire unedited post is provided below. This individual heard me speak at this prison on May 4, 2025. Later, the individual was able to see the movie, My Brothers’ Crossing. This work has cost me nearly everything. But, I have gained everything. To God be all the glory.

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Look for anyone that is holding on to anger that needs to forgive someone or someone that is struggling right now please watch this movie I don't cry to moves but it hit me on a personal level and I cried the whole time it was on and I was in prison with a bunch of girls In da room see my cry it is the best movie I ever seen it is a true story and I met the brother of the one that got killed at kiaros and he told his story it will change ur mind set I like I say the anger towards the person that hit me with the car that left me where I couldnt walk for a long time in fact the doctors said I may never walk I put myself in the driver's position would I of stopped see it through the other people's eyes cause I'm telling u when u let go of anger it sets u free

08/12/2026

I am getting it now….

When Bobby and Pam committed to be international missionaries and move to China, I resented him for it. It made no sense to me. I refused to accept calls from him on Skype or whatever the platform of the day was. Why on earth would someone give up the comforts of living here to go to a foreign land? Of course I didn’t believe then what I believe now. And I was struggling in my own brokenness.

On November 15, 2015, I surrendered all-in. The finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross saved me. Receiving my salvation on that day, I declared “Here am I, LORD. Send me!” I didn’t know the Prophet Isaiah had already said this. I also didn’t fully understand what I was declaring. God has been reminding me often in these last eleven years that I surrendered my right to pick and choose where He would send me. I have considered the work of My Brothers’ Crossing to be that of a servant, a domestic missionary. I shared a couple of months back that this looked to be changing. The movie and ministry has already had international impacts, Uganda, Chile, Canada, Japan, Romania, Mexico, etc.

During the next several months, there looks to now be three international trips in the works. I just renewed my passport today in time for the first one. In September, I have been invited to come to minister in the correctional centers in The Bahamas. The details are still being ironed out. But, it looks like I will be there from September 29 - October 1.

On Tuesday night, an airline ticket was purchased on my behalf to fly to Peru from Florida from December 7 - December 12. I will be joining a missions team that will leave several days before me. I will have an opportunity for ministry in correctional and recovery centers there.

The third trip that is taking shape will occur between January and February (dates TBD). This opportunity will be to travel and minister in the correctional centers in Ghana, Africa.

I haven’t sought to do any of the ministry to which I have been invited. Many of the places that I have been sent I would have never sought to go. And some of them I went with a measure of reluctance. Traveling to foreign soil joins that list of places I didn’t consider. Have YOUR way, LORD.

YOU have already made provision for the Peru trip. Thanks to Todd Barnes and Global Baptist Church. Provision is in place for The Bahamas as well. If Ghana is to be realized, LORD, YOU will have to do it again.

The work continues domestically as well. Visits to four Virginia prisons in August, including a first-time visit to Sussex I. Support of recovery ministries across SW and South Central Virginia. And ministering at churches where I’ve been invited.

My life has taken a turn over the last 11 months that I would never have chosen. But HE will not waste any of it. HE will use it for my good and for HIS GLORY. If even one person is impacted eternally, it will have been worth it all. I was called to lay down my life so that HE could live through me. I don’t do works for my salvation or get God to love me. I do works as evidence of my salvation and to show GOD I love HIM. I have had men scream at me, “Why would you do this for me?” The answer is simple: “Because CHRIST did it for me.”

Of course, Bobby and Pam were called to move to a foreign country. I am simply being invited for short-term foreign missions work. Bobby, I am continuing to get it now!

08/09/2026

I had the opportunity to meet with Joseph Mize on Friday night which should have been my final dinner in Batesville, AR. The man that I was meeting with during each of my days here introduced us and suggested we spend some time together. Brother Joseph picked me up at the hotel and took me to dinner and we spent several hours talking. His book, The Outrider: Become the Man You Needed, was just published three months ago. It’s available on Amazon at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZ8BLLTR?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

It currently is rated at 4.8/5.0 stars. I just received my copy. I haven’t read it yet, hearing first hand of the principle messages of the book, it promises to be compelling. He is planning to introduce the curriculum he is developing, in part, for prison ministry. But not everyone who is in prison is behind bars. Some of us men are in a spiritual prison. Brother Joe reminded me of any Virginia Brother, David Beran. He reminded me of David in shared views of biblical living, his mannerisms, his dialect, and even in his facial expressions. Kindred spirits absolutely.

I am thankful for this appointment to meet this man. He spoke life and encouragement into my life. And I was able to share of some of the experiences that have unfolded in my life over the last 11 years. May God bless Brother Joe’s life and that of his wife and family in the months and years ahead. Hopeful that God will use this connection in a meaningful way in the time before us.

08/02/2026

I AM DEEPLY LOVED…..

I am not sharing this seeking sympathetic responses. I am not disabling the comments because the last time I wrote a post and did that I was inundated with texts, phone calls, etc.

I have struggled in significant and different ways these past 10-11 months. The pain and grief has ebbed and crashed in different waves. From about a week before my mom’s transition through the middle of July, it has been especially trying. I have been meeting with a biblical counselor since October 14th. My pastor has continued to be a Godsend in my life.

About two weeks before I traveled to New York, I was sitting in the stillness and loneliness of my living room wondering if there was more intensive help that I could tap into. I never researched it. And I never said anything to anyone. While I was in NY, I received a message from a Brother who asked if I would be available to meet him and another man for lunch on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday in the coming week. I figured it was just two Brothers wanting to break bread to encourage me.

Monday was not an option as I had a 12 hour drive back from NY. Wednesday, I was scheduled to preach at Green Rock. So that day was out also. That left Tuesday. Having just driven 12 hours on Monday and needing to be at River North Correctional Center on Tuesday night, I was not feeling up to the round trip drive to Charlottesville. But I went.

The lunch started normally enough. But shortly after we started to enjoy our food, the nature of the conversation shifted. These two Brothers hadn’t invited me to lunch that day just for fellowship. They brought me there because they loved me. The loved me so much that they were willing to risk their friendship with me to tell me they were concerned for me. They shared that they knew I had lots of support around me; that I was receiving counseling. They wondered if I would benefit from more intensive support. They asked if I would consider taking part of a week to receive some intensive counseling with an organization in Arkansas. They expressed that it wouldn’t cost me any money. The leadership of the church that these two men are a part; a church that I have visited 4-6 times for ministry was prepared to cover the associated expenses.

The perspective was that collectively they were concerned for me. They loved me. They know many of the way God uses the ministry of My Brothers’ Crossing to impact lives. They know that I pour myself into the lives of others every day, they wanted to stand in the gap for me.

I reflected on what they were saying. And even though I am emerging from the latest wave of pain and grief, I looked at my calendar. I realized that the week of August 2 and the week of August 23 would be the optimal weeks for me to travel. I told them if they could work it out I would go.

I discreetly shared this with my three daughters. I also shared the offer with the board members for My Brothers’ Crossing. In those communications I shared more of the details of God’s provision. One of the board members who lives in Radford, telephoned me to share that he has history with the donating church. He said his grandmother owned the land where this church is located. The leadership was unaware that this man was on the ministry board. And the board member had no knowledge of my prior involvement with this church.

By the end of last week, I had received the pre-admission paperwork. My flight had been booked. The arrangements for a rental car were done. I will fly to Arkansas on Tuesday. I will meet with a man from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I will fly home on Saturday.

I had thought I’d keep quiet about this. But that changed on Tuesday. Last Tuesday, I transported a Brother from Miami to Virginia for detox and recovery. During our drive back from Florida, I received 8-10 phone calls from people impacted by the ministry. The man I was transporting already affectionately referred to me as an idiot. Hearing these stories, he began to hold me in higher admiration. This 63 year old man began lamenting the idea that he was not where I was in faith.

One of the very dangers of ministry work is for those you’re helping to get fixated on you. It’s imperative to continue to point people back to the cross of Jesus Christ. I then proceeded to tell him that I need help too. Our brokenness has parallels, but the circumstances are different. He was surprised that I was helping him while I was carrying so much. Being a disciple of Jesus Christ, we are called to deny ourselves and pick up our cross daily as we follow Him. Picking up our cross daily is walking in obedience despite the difficulties we are living. This man that was transporting had a renewed sense of what it means to be a disciple.

The entity from which I will be receiving help is involved in pastoral care. I welcome your prayers during the time of travel and counseling. I am submitting to the process. How much pride would I have if I had a thought to go to such a place, have the opportunity offered to me, and all expenses covered and I refused to go.

I’ll close with this reflection. I AM SO DEEPLY LOVED. I am not speaking any disparaging remarks to anyone in the next couple of sentences. This offer of assistance didn’t come from who I might have expected to offer such. It didn’t come from the ministry board. It didn’t come from my home church. God used a church that I have only visited a handful of times over the last several years as a source for provision. Often times, the help God sends comes from the direction you’re anticipating. But other times, it came a place you were never expecting and packaged in a way that you couldn’t have seen coming. I am so thankful for all the ways God loves you. And I am thankful for all the people He bring my way to help, support, and encourage me. My counselor has reminded me that the tears I’ve continued to cry are simply pain and grief leaving my body.

07/31/2026

I am the RICHEST man on earth!

Following two services at a church in Culpeper County on Sunday. A round trip experience to Miami, a service at Green Rock on Wednesday and Gospel Baptist Church Wednesday evening, a Bible study at the Galax Hope Center on Thursday, Friday, I am returning to Culpeper County. This morning, I will deliver the keynote address at a Prison Fellowship Academy graduation ceremony at the Coffeewood Correctional Center.

On Thursday, I received a telephone call from the man I transported to detox from Miami. He reports that he is doing extremely well in the detox portion of his medical care. He expects to hear today when he will be released to transfer to the recovery portion of his care. That will be provided by an organization with facilities in Galax and Lynchburg. His transport was the first experience My Brothers’ Crossing has had with this recovery organization.

My Brothers’ Crossing is not my ministry; it’s God’s ministry. And He is still very much using every aspect of it for His purpose and His glory. The testimonies that have resulted this past week are supernatural. Aside from the long journey to Miami, the impact the four services on Sunday and Wednesday are astounding. I just cannot tell it all. I will try to capture some of it for the weekly radio show that will air on Sunday morning at 10:30 am. I am thankful for all of the love and support I have received over the past week. I’m not trying to look ahead, but I have been offered an incredible opportunity for several days in Arkansas next week. I am very excited about the invitation for this.

My Brothers’ Crossing continues to be a ministry of the ONE (being Jesus Christ), for the one. During the drive back to Virginia from Miami, FL on Tuesday, we heard from many of the one(s). So many spontaneous calls were received from individuals that have been impacted by God’s ministry of My Brothers’ Crossing. The man I was transporting heard accounts from men and women affected by this ministry. Each story as unique as the person. This Christian Brother, who had declared on Tuesday, “You’re an idiot!” for being willing to drive to Miami heard a glimpse of the depth of the love God had for him. That’s right, the references in an earlier post to being called weird and an idiot, those comments weren’t made by non-believers. They were observations of Christian Brothers. Being a sold out disciple for Jesus Christ is going to look strange or peculiar. Not only to the non-believer, but to many of the faith.

I barely have two nickels to rub together. But, I would say I am the richest man on the planet. I thank God for all of His provision, most importantly the fruit of the spirit) in my life.

07/28/2026

Travel Update

For those of you standing in the gap with prayers and to those who have offered financial support for the travel…THANK YOU. I left Culpeper at 6:45 Monday morning and arrived in Miami at 11:45 pm without issue. The man I was scheduled to pick up has been in communication with me several times a day since Friday. He was getting himself ready for me to pick him up on Tuesday morning at 8:00 am. The bed at the detox facility that was available on Saturday is no longer available.

I arrived at the pick-up point to meet this man for the first time at 8:15 am. He was waiting with his belongings and we began our return trip to Virginia. One of the recurring statements that this man has made to me since learning that I was coming to pick him up was this, “You’re an idiot.” He can’t understand why I would come for him. It reminded of the statement the man in Delaware made a couple of weeks ago, “You’re weird!”

In any case, we should arrive back to the Pulaski community by 11:00 pm tonight. I’ll put him in a hotel room tonight and transport him to the detox facility at 8:00 am on Wednesday morning. Please continue prayers for him and his recovery. Pray for provision and safe travels. I have been spending time with him this morning teaching him two words that were difficult for me as this ministry work began to unfolded nearly 11 years ago - THANK YOU!

We will have lots of conversations of biblical principles and Gospel messages during the drive. Praying for impact. Praying that God would minister to me through this. THANK Y’ALL!

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