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New Year, Unwavering Mission: A Message From President and CEO Heather Rice-Minus

Prison Fellowship is paving pathways to transformation, equipping the Church inside, and igniting hope in this generation of culture changers.

By Heather Rice-Minus
January 2, 2024
Prison Fellowship | prison ministry
Create New Beginnings
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Prison Fellowship and Tyndale Partner To Release Create: New Beginnings Book

Prison Fellowship partnered with Tyndale House Publishers to make Create: New Beginnings available to women everywhere!

By Heather Rice-Minus
November 7, 2023
Create: New Beginnings | Heather Rice-Minus | Tyndale House
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Carrying Chuck Colson’s Vision into a Bold New Future

Prison Fellowship's founder had a dream of equipping churches to build up leaders behind bars. Nearly 50 years later, the vision is stronger than ever.

By James J. Ackerman
April 10, 2023
Chuck Colson | From the CEO | Heather Rice-Minus | James Ackerman
Prison Fellowship CEO James Ackerman speaking at a prison.
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Derek Made My Day

Prison Fellowship CEO James Ackerman on public speaking, butterflies, and the transformative work of Jesus revealed through Derek at a prison workshop.

By James J. Ackerman
March 13, 2023
Hope Events | James Ackerman
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An Exciting Announcement About Prison Fellowship’s Future

Prison Fellowship CEO James Ackerman shares an exciting announcement about the ministry's future.

By James J. Ackerman
January 30, 2023
Heather Rice-Minus | James Ackerman
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Prison Fellowship Reacts to the Passing of John Baker

As the founder of Celebrate Recovery, John was a great leader whose impact will continue for generations

By James J. Ackerman
February 23, 2021
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Statement Regarding the Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine

The prison population is one of society’s vulnerable communities.

By James J. Ackerman
January 14, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News
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Response to the January 6 Events at the U.S. Capitol

Statement from Prison Fellowship’s CEO James Ackerman in response to the events of last week at the U.S. Capitol, as seen through the unique perspective of the life and work of our founder, Chuck Colson.

By James J. Ackerman
January 11, 2021
Biden Administration | Trump Administration | Washington D.C.
Firefighter walks toward fire in California
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California’s Incarcerated Firefighters and the Fight for Second Chances

California is in the midst of some of the largest fires ever to break out in the state. More firefighters are needed. For many years now, California has looked to the incarcerated for help.

By James J. Ackerman
October 14, 2020
California | Collateral Consequences | Second Chance Month
God is Opening Doors to the Gospel in American Prisons
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God is Opening Doors to the Gospel in American Prisons

COVID-19 may have closed America’s prisons, but it can’t shut out the hope of the Jesus. We are seeing new and innovative ways developing to share the Gospel with the incarcerated.

By James J. Ackerman
April 17, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | Easter | The Storehouse
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What the Bars Can’t Keep Out

The first time James J. Ackerman, Prison Fellowship’s president and CEO, visited San Quentin State Prison was to see a man on death row.

By James J. Ackerman
December 4, 2019
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The Key to Safer Communities Is Better Prisons

Despite recent reforms, the United States still has the largest prison population in the world. America’s prisons need a culture shift if we’re to see an end to the cycle of crime and incarceration.

By James J. Ackerman
June 27, 2019
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Celebrating Second Chances at Easter

In this Easter message of second chances and redemption, Prison Fellowship president and CEO James Ackerman looks back at Charles Colson's legacy.

By James J. Ackerman
April 19, 2019
Charles Colson
From the CEO: The Reason Our Family Loves Angel Tree
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From the CEO: The Reason Our Family Loves Angel Tree

James Ackerman is the CEO of Prison Fellowship® and a longtime Angel Tree® volunteer. The following story was originally published for Jubilee®, and is reprinted here with permission. 

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By James J. Ackerman
December 6, 2016
Angel Tree | James Ackerman | Jubilee
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Anybody Home?

My wife Cathy and I couldn’t tell if anyone was home.

We walked up the cluttered approach to the old mobile home and knocked on the door. There was no car in the driveway and no tracks in the snow that had fallen overnight.

By Jim Liske
December 10, 2015
Angel Tree | Christmas | Delivery | Presents
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