letter from the founder

Beloved partners and supporters,

Thank you for considering to partner and/or support our ministry. Rescued people rescue people!! I was miraculously rescued from capital punishment charges in 1997 for 2 counts of aggravated manslaughter while driving 120 miles per hour drunk and was only sentenced to 5 year Intense probation. That experience was my Damascus Road opening my eyes to a new life in Christ. My perspective and purpose in life changed. I live now with eternal perspective in mind over the earthly one I had been consumed by way too long. My self made national network of drug trafficking crumbled and I started a new life and a prison ministry. I used to traffic tons of marijuana nationwide promoting death and destruction and now I traffic tons of Bibles promoting forgiveness and eternal life. I would bring drugs into the US via north of the Mexican border and now I take Bibles south of the Mexican border. Very interesting, the concept of trafficking is the same but the now I choose to move a different product one that has power to change lives.
Eventually my past caught up with me and I was indicted by the Feds and later by Arizona state for conspiracy and drug trafficking charges arising from my prior lifestyle of sin in the early 1990’s. I was sure to be buried in prison for life but again miraculously I was rescued from serving life in prison and was only sentenced to 2 years in Arizona Department of Corrections. God allowed an assassination attempt on (Billie Rosen) my prosecutor, plotted by the attorneys of the Mexican mafia and that changed the course of my journey in court. The Mexican Mafia most likely was hoping to pin me for her hit but it backfired on them. Read my book, ‘Rescued Not Arrested” for details. She was removed from all cases and eventually her supervisor stepped in and offered me a 7 year plea deal which was again miraculously overruled by Judge Wilkerson to only 2 years in prison. God placed this ministry vision in my heart while I was serving my sentence. As a born again believer in prison I accepted my consequences for the bad choices I had made in the past and realized this was a true blessing in disguise and welcomed the sentence as a mission assignment from God. My personal experience in prison was essential to understand the hopelessness, helplessness and the brokenness of the least of these imprisoned and how that brought so much suffering to their loved ones. My pregnant wife and 2 year old son were impacted by the ripple effect of my bad choices and that was a painful pill to swallow for me. God used the NIV Life Application Study Bible to teach me the truth of His word and the principles of righteous living. As soon as I was released in December 2005, I launched the Prison Ministry vision through my own none profit 501c3 organization which now is called Rescued Not Arrested.
Currently in Arizona the ministry provides hundreds of church services, one on one mentoring, mail mentoring and baptisms each month. RNA has distributed over 750,000 English and Spanish NIV Bibles to hundreds of Chaplains and missionaries internationally reaching millions incarcerated. The word is spreading fast and more demand for free Bibles with free shipping is being requested weekly from prison chaplains and missionaries. Praise God!!!  Rescued Not Arrested is operated by 100% volunteers, another miracle!! dozens of volunteers including me serve full time for free. All donations are used for the mission cause and majority of the funds are used to provide the Bibles. Zondervan publishers has partnered with RNA providing all our Bible needs at a very reasonable rate. In addition, RNA partnered with DES-Governor Ducey’s 2nd chance program to help inmates integrate into society successfully by providing them employment, housing, and accountability resources before they are released.

Rescued Not Arrested, Inc is a 501(C)3 Non Profit Organization. For tax-deductible purposes write your checks to Rescued Not Arrested.

Roger Munchian, Founder

Rescued Not Arrested