Bill Ballenger has gone from prison to preaching.  From a lifestyle of drugs, violence, and crime Bill Ballenger found hope with the message of Christ while in prison. As God worked through his life in prison, Bill took comfort in Proverbs 21:1: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord and He will turn it the way He wants it to go.” And that’s exactly what God did.

Bill finds purpose in life by helping young people find hope in Christ who have dug themselves into the same hopeless pit he found himself in. With a vision for helping others get off drugs and alcohol, Bill shares his story through his many speaking opportunities.

He also finds ways of sharing hope through his music. Several years after Bill was released from prison his music finally developed into a professional career and has led to performances internationally in China, Russia, the United States and on international television.

His message is simple, but often difficult to swallow: God is incapable of being incapable. There is no difficulty that Christ cannot overcome and no depth He cannot pull us out of, if only we’ll reach up our hand and cry out to Him.

After the release of several CDs his passions eventually came to a head and combined into an organization now called Break the Grey (BTG). Break the Grey tours public schools providing character development assemblies, culminating in high-energy pop/rock concert productions sponsored by local communities wanting to bring hope to today’s youth. Since its beginning in 2005 BTG has exploded.

From his prison release, to the success of BTG, Bill fully acknowledges and credits God for each and every moment of achievement. Every day, Bill is reminded of the love Christ has for him when he sees the radiance of the future eclipsing the murky black of the past.