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Growing Up in a Prison Visiting Room

"He grabbed my hand and said, 'I'm going to leave for a long time and you have to take care of your mom and your sister.'"

By Zoe Erler
November 20, 2017
Angel Tree | Children with Incarcerated Parents | incarcerated parents
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The Church Behind Bars: Supporting Christians in Prison

Jerrel Martin and a group of prisoners meet regularly for worship, teaching, discipleship, and prayer behind bars. It's church. Prison church. And it's clear that God is here.

By Zoe Erler
October 4, 2017
Carol S. Vance Unit | Incarcerated Church | Remember the Prisoner | Texas
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Even in Prison, Leadership Matters

Even in prison, leadership matters. That's why Willow Creek Church's Global Leadership Summit telecasts to prisons around the country.

By Zoe Erler
August 16, 2017
Bryan Stevenson | Global Leadership Summit | Lazlo Block | Leadership | Sam Adeyemi | Sheryl Sandberg | Willow Creek
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Indiana Prisoners Sign Children Up for Angel Tree

"The gifts allow them to feel like I still care, even though I’m not there during Christmas."

By Zoe Erler
August 8, 2017
Angel Tree | Indiana
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Father’s Turnaround Convinces Daughter God is Real

"He thought he was 'big pimping' … He thought he was the greatest guy who ever touched Earth."

By Zoe Erler
June 14, 2017
Father's Day 2017 | FreedomWorks | George Lang | God | Prison Fellowship Academy
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A New Name, a New Family

It is a story of adoption. It is a story of the lost being found. It is a story about God.

By Zoe Erler
May 25, 2017
Evangelism | Family | Inside Journal
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Lessons Learned at Angel Tree Camp: 'God Loves Him Always'

For the past two summers, Ben Wade has worked as a counselor at Frontier Camp, a Christian camp in Grapeland, Texas. Most of the time, being a camp counselor is pretty straightforward. But the week that the Angel Tree® kids arrive is different.

By Zoe Erler
May 9, 2017
Angel Tree | Angel Tree Camping | Volunteers
The Miracle of Easter: Answered in Scars
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The Miracle of Easter: Answered in Scars

Writer Zoe Erler reflects on the miracle of Easter: how her questions are answered in the scars of Jesus Christ and in the faith of incarcerated Christians.

By Zoe Erler
April 13, 2017
Carol S. Vance Unit | Easter
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A Year of Jubilee for Illinois Prisoners

Art Hallett was the only one in his teenage group of friends who was never arrested. He credits it to his mother wisely pushing him to enlist in the Air Force at age 17. But his freedom doesn't mean he has  never been to prison.

By Zoe Erler
February 28, 2017
Black History Month | Evangelism Explosion | Freedom Tour | Hope Event | Illinois | Jubilee
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On the Other Side of Angel Tree: Part Two

The first part of this story appeared here.

The weather threatened to cancel the party. Temperatures hovered below freezing, the roads a mess the evening before. At 7 in the morning, we weren't even sure church would proceed as normal. But we moved forward with our plans, hoping to welcome more than 30 Angel Tree kids and their families that afternoon.

By Zoe Erler
December 22, 2016
Angel Tree | Indianapolis | Prison Fellowship
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