Mission: We are committed to helping men, women, and young adults experience the transformative love of Jesus Christ through environments that nurture spiritual growth and lasting change of heart.

Mission: We envision a dedicated retreat and meeting center that serves as a spiritual home for the MOTC community—a place where teams, participants, and local communities come together to grow in faith, build meaningful relationships, and carry forward our mission.

The Ministry of the Third Cross (MOTC) is a retreat ministry for persons in the criminal justice system. Through the weekend retreats, attendees experience the love of Jesus Christ within a Spirit filled, supportive, community environment. The retreats are times of reflection, repentance and renewal.


In 1997, a Retreat was offered for young, “high risk” male felony probationers in Bexar County Department of Supervision and Corrections' Young Offender Program (YOP). YOP was a federally supported program that included a faith-based component for the probationer's rehabilitation plan with the overall objective to decrease recidivism. The MOTC grew from YOP and is now a state-recognized not-for-profit program open to persons on probation, parole, or in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).


MOTC retreats are held for youth, men, and women in the criminal justice system, primarily in Bexar County; however we have now moved to the Corpus Christi area. Some retreats for the participants in the TJJD have been held at TJJD prisons as well. MOTC’s work with Bexar County judges has resulted in referrals from judges for probationers under their supervision; these persons are often offered the opportunity to attend a MOTC retreat as part of their community service. Recently, MOTC has grown to include separate retreats for persons who have been recently paroled from the Texas Department of Corrections to Bexar County.