FAITH, SERVICE, SECOND CHANCES
A MAN'S STORY IS NOT
FINISHED WHEN HE THINKS.
Kingdom Alliance is the band of work that is not about buying houses. It exists because a man can serve his time, walk out the gate, do everything he is told, and still find that the hardest part is the ninety days nobody prepares him for.
Its flagship is Second Chance Kings, which works alongside young men coming home after incarceration. Everything here is written for the three groups who decide how that goes: the men themselves, the people who love them, and the employers, congregations and neighbours who can open a door.
Build people, not portfolios. The rest sorts itself out downstream.
What this is
Kingdom Alliance is the umbrella name for Ben Lovro's service work. Under it sits Second Chance Kings, which walks with young men reentering society after incarceration, and the work that surrounds it: mentors, employers willing to run a fair-chance hiring process, and congregations that want to do more than hand out a welcome.
It is deliberately small and deliberately specific. It is not a shelter, not a treatment program, not a legal clinic and not a job placement agency. Those things exist, they are staffed by people with credentials this work does not have, and the most useful thing Kingdom Alliance often does is point someone toward one of them and then keep calling to see whether he got there.
What it adds is the part that usually goes missing. Systems hand a man a packet. They do not hand him somebody who picks up the phone on a Tuesday.
Why it exists
Ben served five years in prison. He was released in 2014 with no capital, no credit a lender recognized, and a background check that answered questions before he got to. He built a South Carolina real estate business from that starting position, and he has never hidden where it started.
That history is the reason this band of work is not theoretical. On the property side Ben is an expert by study and repetition. Here he is not above anyone. He is a few years further down the same road, and the only credential that matters is that he remembers what week one actually felt like.
The conviction underneath all of it is simple and it is stated as his own: a person's story is not finished. Not by a sentence, not by a record, not by the years it cost. You do not have to share that conviction to be helped by anything here, and nobody will be asked what they believe.
For the full context behind this, see Ben's published resources.
How you can actually help
Mentor
A standing hour a week for a year, not a burst of enthusiasm for a month. Read what mentoring actually involves before you volunteer.
Hire
One fair-chance opening, run properly. The employer page covers Federal Bonding, the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, and the objections worth taking seriously.
Partner
Congregations, trades, small businesses and existing service organizations. Start here if you lead a church.
Reach out
If you are coming home, or someone you love is, say so. Get involved lists the next step for every kind of person on this page.
There is no money ask on this site. Not here, not on any page. How this work is supported long term is still being structured, and until that is settled the right response to an offer of help is a conversation, not a form.
Everything on this site
The 9 pages that make up Kingdom Alliance
What We Do
The mission of Kingdom Alliance, the four areas of work it takes on in South Carolina, and the honest list of things it deliberately refuses to try to be.
Second Chance Kings
An overview of Second Chance Kings: who it serves, what walking alongside a young man coming home looks like, and what the initiative is not.
Why This Work
The moral and practical case for reentry support in South Carolina, using the state's own published recidivism figures and the workforce reality behind them.
Mentorship
What mentoring a young man returning from incarceration actually involves: the real time commitment, the boundaries, and why unreliable mentors do damage.
For Employers
The practical case for fair-chance hiring in South Carolina, with Federal Bonding and WOTC explained accurately and employer objections answered directly.
For Churches
What congregations usually do for men returning from prison, what those men actually need, and the difference between a warm welcome and a real relationship.
Volunteer
The specific volunteer roles this work actually needs, the commitment each one carries, and the honest warning about help that starts strong and stops.
Faith & Second Chances
The conviction underneath Kingdom Alliance, stated as Ben Lovro's own, and the plain commitment that help here is offered regardless of what you believe.
Get Involved
The concrete next step for every kind of person: mentors, employers, congregations, neighbours, and anyone who needs help coming home in South Carolina.
Pillar
Faith and Purpose
Second chances, identity and the service work. Ben's own story, the rooms he speaks in, and the Kingdom Alliance reentry work.
The other sites under this pillar: Speaking, Ben's Story, Second Chance Kings.
South Carolina markets
Where this work actually happens
Cash Property Offers buys across South Carolina. These are the Midlands markets covered in depth.
Frequently asked
Questions people actually ask
What is Kingdom Alliance?
It is the umbrella name for Ben Lovro's service work — mentorship, reentry support and fair-chance employer outreach in South Carolina. Second Chance Kings, which works with young men coming home after incarceration, is its flagship initiative.
Is Kingdom Alliance a registered nonprofit?
No claim of registered status is made anywhere on this site. The long-term legal and financial structure is still being worked out, and until it is settled nothing on these pages asks anyone for money. If you want to help, the ways are mentor, hire, partner, or get in touch.
Who does the work actually serve?
Young men reentering society after incarceration, and the families around them — mothers, wives, sisters and fathers, who are very often the ones who go looking for help first. Help is offered without regard to what anyone believes.
Is this a religious program?
Ben's faith is the motive and he says so plainly. It is not a condition. Nobody is asked to attend anything, profess anything or agree with anything to be helped, and the material on this site is not written to convert the reader.
Is this affiliated with a state agency?
No. Kingdom Alliance and Second Chance Kings are independent and are not affiliated with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, or any other agency. SCDC runs its own separately-named Second Chance Program, which is a different thing entirely.
Do you give legal advice?
No. Expungement, pardons, supervision conditions and anything involving a court are matters for the Solicitor's office in the county where the charge occurred, South Carolina Legal Services, SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center, or a private attorney. This site orients; it does not advise.
Why is there no success story on this site?
Because the men this work is for have privacy interests, many are under supervision, and a story told to make an organization look good costs the person in it more than it is worth. You will read about the work here. You will not read about individuals.
Make your next move
A year from now, what will you be glad you started today?
You don't need another promise that everything will be easy. You need something useful to learn — and a next step you're willing to take.