Biography

Keithian L. Starling is a native of Albany, Georgia.  In 2000, while incarcerated in Albany Geogia for four Marijuana drug charges, Keithian began to seek to know God, His plan for his life, and how to be obedient to God, by reading the Bible.  The Bible began to change his thoughts about himself as a sinner, and the life he once lived without God.  God's love for sinners revealed in the Gospel motivated him to want to love God back by dedicating himself to God and serving Him for the rest of his life.

He prayed and asked God to reveal His ways to him.  A few days later he had the privilege of receiving Grace books by R.B. Thieme, Jr. from Ernest Smith of Lost & Found Ministries.  Mr. Smith is a member of Albany Bible Church.  These books opened his eyes to salvation—by grace, through faith—and how to live the unique spiritual life through the power of the Spirit and the Word of God.  When he understood the doctrines of “Faith Alone in Christ Alone" for salvation, to confess sins and keep moving, Faith-rest, the filling of the Holy Spirit, and other doctrines taught by R.B. Thieme, Jr., he became a lover of truth and was burdened to bring that truth to those who were suffering.  Keithian started teaching the doctrine he was learning to the inmates and guards.  Keithian was sentenced three times totaling 40 years; but, by the grace of God he only served 2 years.

When he was released from prison in 2003, he continued his pursuit of doctrine at Albany Bible Church where Pete Daughtry is the Pastor-Teacher.

From 2003-2006, while attending Albany Bible Church, God opened doors for Keithian to visit schools, prisons, jails, and youth detention centers, presenting the Gospel and basic procedures to live the Christian life.  He also shared how he found deliverance from a life of crime.

In 2004, Keithian went to a community college and got His GED and pursued a diploma as a Radiology Technician.  After the first two courses, he dropped out and enrolled in seminary through extension at Tyndale Theological Seminary in order to be a better trained minister of the Word.

From July 2004 to August 2006, Keithian worked for Nanze Springs Water Company as a salesman.  While working at this company his daily route brought him in contact with many who needed the Gospel.  This kindled his desire to do full time mission work.  He began to see what the Lord meant by “the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few”.

In May 2006, Keithian moved to Nashville, Tennessee to volunteer at Grace Evangelistic Ministries, a missionary organization.  While working for Grace Evangelistic Ministries he received many letters from prisoners that he had taught.  Keithian sensed the call by God to go back as a missionary into the prisons, jails, and detention centers, taking them the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and sound Bible teaching.  He incorporated Grace Prison Ministries in April of 2008.  For the past 22 years Keithian has served as president of Grace Prison Ministries based in Nashville Tennessee. Keithian also has many international ministries from church planting to establishing bible leanring centers to train future church leaders and missinaries. 

Currently, Keithian is Pastor-Teacher of  Grace Bible Ministries based in Brewster Washington. He still visit jails and prisons arounbd the world.   Keithian shares our Lord’s heart for the lost, and a heart for prisoners.  He has already walked a mile in their shoes and knows that the only way for them to change is by becoming a new creature in Christ and renewing the mind.  The grace and love of God has transformed his life and now he is reaching out sharing the truth that set him free.