The Conversion of Mark Chironna is like a spiritual vignette from The Godfather Trilogy. Raised on Staten Island, New York (where the actual Godfather movie was filmed), Mark grew up in the neighborhoods of many of the real-life characters on which the Godfather movies were based. 

Somewhere in the late 'teens' of the 20th century, Mark's grandparents came over on the boat from Italy to New York city. Mark's father was actually born on the boat.  What made a major difference in the family was that Mark's great uncle had been radically converted to Christ and started the first Italian Protestant Chapel in all of New York city. It was almost as if these first-generation Italians were either the leaders of the Italian Protestant Chapels, or else they were part of the mob. What makes the matter even stranger is that all the Italians ate Sunday dinners together, no matter whether you were in the church or the mob. 

Hear Mark's difficult journey to become a full-time preacher of the gospel. Initially, he desperately wanted to become a singer like Frank Sinatra. But, in order to do that, he knew he would have to sell out to the mob. So, he set up a meeting with one of the 'godfathers' to ensure his success. The night before the day of his scheduled meeting, the head of this family was shot to death at the very same table Mark was scheduled to sit at to sign his life away! This was the beginning of his turn to Christ.

The Conversion of Mark Chironna is a story you won't want to miss.