Garner, IA
United States
Ken and Deb Quintus have ministries to support those reentering society. Ken has worked in prison ministry for nearly two decades, and used his knowledge to develop a reentry aftercare ministry for prisoners who have been granted parole in Iowa. He enters county jails with a jail ministry team and facilitates weekly small group Bible studies with inmates. The Quintuses are also involved in ministry at a work release center, homeless shelter, and their church.
Ken and Deb Quintus serve in Garner, a rural town in north central Iowa. The area is steeped in the agriculture business, and residents who are not employed on a farm are usually factory employed.
There is a great need for transitional housing for those who desire sincere life changes from a life of drug and/or alcohol abuse. A support system is needed for those who turn their lives around, and the love of Jesus is needed to keep them on their path to a better life.
After seeing the need in their community, the Quintuses began several ministries to support those reentering society. Ken has worked in prison ministry for nearly two decades, and used his knowledge to develop a reentry aftercare ministry for prisoners who have been granted parole in Iowa.
Ken enters county jails in Mason City with a jail ministry team and facilitates weekly small group Bible studies with inmates. Ken sees his work not so much in terms of meeting needs as in following Jesus: “It’s more, as I see it, what the church – not society – is to do to instruct, provide, support, and reach out to the least, lost, and lonely.”
The Quintuses are also involved in ministry at a work release center, homeless shelter, and their church, the 14th St. Gospel Place.
The Quintuses served as InFaith field staff since 2001 and retired in 2024.
Garner, IA
United States