'How much God loves me' - Urban youth mission preaches Christ on the peripheries

'I was never the typical stereotype of missionary with the polo and khakis. I just didn't really vibe with that.'

Editor’s note: This report was originally published Sept. 6, 2023. We’re republishing it during the week of Christmas, 2023, for your reading enjoyment!

By the time Vinzzel Chism was 16 years old, he had been expelled from two different schools - and then dropped out. He had spent two years on probation. He had anger problems and got into fights, explodi…