John Rusnak

John Rusnak is the former President of Pilgrimage Development. He is a 1986 Graduate of Bucknell University and a former Wall Street trader. In 2001, Rusnak was convicted for his part in a financial scandal at Allied Irish Banks. This began a journey from humiliation to humility that included 5 ½ years of incarceration. Rusnak found an incredible movement of Christ behind the prison walls that confined him and his life was changed eternally. Since his return to society, Rusnak has become an advocate for second chances for men coming home from incarceration and for those in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. He is an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous and sits on the Board of the Philemon Ministry. He is a fervent witness for his faith and God’s redemptive power to change.

“It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”