We arrived at the Sanders Estes Unit in Venus, Texas and pulled into a parking lot that could have been outside hundreds of correctional institutions all over the United States. The double fence, gates, razor-wired, small slit windows, and cold heavy doors were “standard issue.”
Camp Crucis is a “nice” camp. It does not have horses, boats, or zip lines. It has crafts, a swimming pool, healthy food, solid clean facilities, and air conditioning. It also has an unlimited supply of the love of Jesus.
It was hot and dry in Granbury, Texas—just south of Fort Worth.
Inside Journal is Prison Fellowship’s newspaper for America’s prisoners. Chockfull of biblical advice articles, interesting profiles, and a presentation of the Gospel that prisoners can relate to, Inside Journal is a valuable, cost-effective prison ministry resource. It currently circulates to 47 states.
At Prison Fellowship, one big thing gets us out of bed in the morning: witnessing the transformation of prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families through the saving love, truth and power of Jesus Christ. And for 35 years, we’ve consistently found that this transformation takes places most powerfully when the local Church is equipped and excited to make disciples behind bars.
“My daddy’s in jail.”
My new little friend volunteered that information when he was introduced to my son and me. He is four years old and has only ever known his dad behind bars, on probation, or on parole. There have been times when he has known his dad to be running from law enforcement.
Inside Journal®, Prison Fellowship’s newspaper for America’s prisoners, is a powerful tool to reach inmates who might never cross paths with a Christian volunteer. Today, I got a letter from a federal inmate named José. His words put tears in my eyes and reminded me why we invest time, energy, and resources into this publication; I couldn’t resist sharing them with you.
Liberia’s brutal civil war ended more than 15 years ago, but for Francis Kollie, PF Liberia Executive Director, the struggles and the consequences from it are still very much a part of the present.
The devastating war that lasted from 1989 until 1996 claimed an estimated 200,000 lives and displaced millions to refugee camps in neighboring countries.
I hear the train a comin’, it’s rollin’ ’round the bend, and I ain’t seen the sunshine, since, I don’t know when. I‘m stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin’ on. . . ”
– Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues
The prison portrayed in Cash’s song is a far cry from Norway’s Halden Prison, where the mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik may end up serving time.
Serving Life, a look at inmates who volunteer to provide hospice care to fellow inmates nearing the end of their life sentences, airs tonight (8/28) on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Hank Stuever at the Washington Post has a good review of the program here.
Prison Fellowship® (PF) is pleased to announce two highly qualified new leaders to take the helm of its 35-year-old ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families. Beginning in July, Jim Liske will serve as the organization’s new CEO, and Garland Hunt will serve as president.
On June 6 Prison Fellowship® announced the appointment of James Liske as the ministry’s new CEO. Liske, who currently serves as senior pastor at Ridge Point Community Church in Holland, Michigan, will begin his term with Prison Fellowship in late July.
Today Prison Fellowship® announced the appointment of James Liske as the ministry’s CEO. Liske, who currently serves as senior pastor at Ridge Point Community Church in Holland, Michigan, will begin his term with Prison Fellowship in late July. He succeeds Tom Pratt, who has served as interim president since October 2010.
Sentenced to a 15-year prison sentence for aggavated assault, Lee Miller felt as if he had let God down. Instead, God was preparing to show him another side of His grace.
Raised on the east side of Houston, Texas, in the ‘70s, Lee Miller never knew his father.
In 2008, as Hurricane Ike battered the Gulf of Mexico, inmates at the Carol Vance Unit in Houston, Texas, followed the news closely, worried about family and friends in the affected regions. Ron Zifer, a reentry program manager, arranged for them to call their families, but never realized the eye-opening revelations he’d experience soon after they dialed.
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Sexual abuse is an uncomfortable topic, but it is a terrible reality for many men and woman inside and out of prison.
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