“I’m Janine Teresa LeClerc. I’ve been a drunk, addicted to cocaine, a bartender, a prisoner’s wife, and a single mother on welfare. I’ve been assaulted, abandoned, and has had near death experiences. But I’ve also been redeemed. This is the story I never thought I’d tell, a story of survival, faith, and finding hope when everything else fell apart.”
Janine Teresa LeClerc is not a polished preacher or a distant theologian. She is a woman who has walked through fire and lived to tell the tale.
Born in Toronto in 1961, Janine’s life reads like a cautionary tale turned redemption story. She was a runaway teenager, a bartender in downtown Toronto, a strip club employee, and a prisoner’s wife. She has been molested, raped, beaten, and left for dead. She has battled addiction, survived overdoses, and watched her family fracture.
Yet today, she stands…

A journey anchored in God's promises.

Finding light in the darkest seasons.

Living a life restored and renewed.
Some lives are shattered beyond repair. Janine Teresa LeClerc’s was one of them.
From a childhood scarred by violence and molestation to a teenage descent into drugs and sexual exploitation, her early years were a relentless storm. She married a murderer in a maximum-security prison, survived a brutal gang rape, and spent over a decade lost in addiction. By her late twenties, she was broken, empty, and ready to give up.
Then one desperate…

When life takes everything you thought defined you.

The difficult journey of healing and rebuilding.

Finding a life filled with purpose, grace, and hope.