Terrorist to Evangelist
The True Story of
Kenneth McClinton
Born into abject poverty and lower working-class Belfast, Kenny McClinton became as hard-core as the life he was forced to live. From a violent, drunken father to abusive boys homes, from the Navy to a sadistic prison, from terrorism to salvation… this is Ken’s remarkable and gut wrenching story of how the Lord rescued him from a life not worth living.
Kenny’s story vividly testifies that God can use any person a matter what or where they came from. Abuse, trauma, broken homes, violence, war, politics, hate; it’s a story of God’s unbelievable mercy and providence. A story of hope for the hopeless. A story of love where love did not exist. No matter what you face today, no matter what you’ve done, no matter how lost you feel, there is hope for you. Kenny is living proof of that.
This is the story of Kenny McClinton, former terrorist, now an evangelist; once spreading death, now spreading life; once born to lose, now born again…
On September 11 of 2001, terrorism came to the land of the free. What had only been a news segment up to this point in America was now real life. What had only happened in other countries was now happening in ours.
With the deliberate crash of planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon—American symbols of finance and military might—terrorism entered the American mainstream culture, and from all appearances, it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere.
Kenny McClinton didn’t learn about terrorism on 9/11. Long before that infamous day, he had already lived and survived a life as a terrorist fighting other terrorists and terrifying innocent civilians.
Many authors have written about the man prison guards called “The Maniac,” but none have told the full story. This first installment of Ken’s story presents the ex-terrorist’s life from his own memories and perspective, from his childhood to his conversion all alone in prison—traversing adventures that are almost two wild to believe.
Kenny had made contact with me through my daily Bible devotional ministry, and our friendship took flight on the wings of scriptural conversation. When he started sending me some of his own Bible teachings, I sensed something intriguing under the surface. Somewhere along the way, I made a request of my new friend: “Tell me about your life…”
After hearing his story and experiencing the response of my own readers to his testimony (I had included it in one of my messages), it became abundantly clear to me that I wanted to tell the world about how God can change a terrorist—yes, a real-life terrorist—into an evangelist who spreads life instead of death.
Kenny’s story vividly testifies that God can use any person—no matter who or where they came from. Abuse, trauma, broken homes, violence, war, politics, and hate—it’s a story of God’s unbelievable mercy and providence, a story of hope for the hopeless, a story of love where love did not exist.
No matter what you face today, no matter what you’ve done, no matter how lost you are, there is hope for you. Kenny is living proof of that.
Read Chapter One Online…
Here is the story of Kenny McClinton, former terrorist, now an evangelist. Once spreading death, now spreading life. Once born to lose, now born again… click here to read chapter one.
