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PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Hope Events

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 | Floodlight | The Storehouse
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Easter Virtual Prison Fellowship Hope Event™

For more than 40 years, Prison Fellowship has celebrated Easter behind bars with the incarcerated. This year, we are offering a virtual Easter event.

By Prison Fellowship
April 9, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | Easter
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Two Days of Hope in a Nashville Correctional Facility

Natalie Grant, Belonging Co., and Prison Fellowship Bring the Gospel to a Women’s Prison in Tennessee

By Emily Harris Greene
February 18, 2020
Tennessee
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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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Singing a New Song with CityFest

Not much changes day to day in a prison. But Prison Fellowship Hope Events, like recent ones in Texas, give refreshment and life-changing truth to men and women who need a new beginning. “I’m singing their song. I’ve been a drug addict, a criminal, a convict. I’ve come out on the other side because of my relationship with Jesus.”

By Alyson R. Quinn
November 12, 2019
Texas
Raising Up a New Life in a New Year
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Raising Up New Life in Prison

It takes courage to be baptized—especially when you’re a prisoner. But that didn’t stop a group of men inside one Texas prison from stepping out in faith.

By Grayson Pope
October 1, 2019
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
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Riding High at Blackburn Correctional

A champion bareback rider and a wild horse named Sushi share the Gospel with Kentucky prisoners.

By Chelsea Magnuson
August 6, 2019
Kentucky
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Hillsong NYC and Prison Fellowship Partner to Introduce Prisoners to Jesus

Prison Fellowship recently partnered with Hillsong NYC to bring its worship band inside Rikers Island Detention Center in New York City. The result was “amazing to see.”

By Grayson Pope
August 1, 2019
New York | Rikers Island
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Mom and Daughter Share Testimony of Restoration at Hope Event

Annie Goebel and her daughter know from experience what it’s like to be separated from your loved ones because of incarceration. At a recent Hope Event in South Dakota, the mother and daughter teamed up to share their testimony of the God’s restoration in their lives.

By Naomi Faltin
May 30, 2019
South Dakota | Women's Ministry
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A Life-Changing Experience: When the Hope of Easter Comes to Three California Prisons

'Your past doesn't disqualify you from the Kingdom. As a matter of fact, it qualifies you for it.'

By Grayson Pope
May 8, 2019
California | Easter
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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
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Voices of Redemption: Letters from Behind Bars

This Easter, the name of Jesus will be proclaimed in some of the darkest corners of America.

By Prison Fellowship
April 16, 2019
Bibles for Prisoners | Easter
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Lauren Daigle Joins Prison Fellowship for a Day of Hope at Folsom Prison

Christian artist and Grammy-award winner Lauren Daigle went behind bars with Prison Fellowship for face-to-face time with incarcerated women.

By Emily Andrews
March 6, 2019
California | Folsom State Prison | Lauren Daigle | Women's Ministry
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Prison Fellowship Hope Events: Sharing the Gospel on the Prison Yard

On a prison yard heavy with gang activity, a public commitment to Christ can be a bold display.

By Emily Andrews
January 28, 2019
South Carolina
Alissa found God's purpose for her life after she tried to kill herself in prison.
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A Prisoner’s Purpose

Alissa had no hope, no purpose, only a life of pain. In prison she learned that God made her for a purpose - to glorify Him.

By Prison Fellowship
July 25, 2018
Women's Ministry
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