PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Volunteer

Angel Tree may start with a Christmas gift, but the families of prisoners have year-round needs, too. Find out how your church can meet the needs of Angel Tree families all year long.

Director of cultivation and engagement at Focus on the Family John McKeever shares what he has learned about God’s transforming power while volunteering with Prison Fellowship behind bars.

Learn more about the nation’s largest outreach to the children of prisoners and how a simple Christmas gift can have a positive influence on a child, family, and community.

Prison ministry volunteers Dave and Judy McElyea reflect on decades of volunteer experience and how faith-based organizations can make a positive impact on prisons.

Pat knew God had called her to prison ministry, but the work was hard and long. And then God sent her Stan.

"Prison was the last place I wanted to go. ... Taking a job with Prison Fellowship was probably the biggest step of faith I’ve ever taken in my life."

“When I go in to prison, I know God’s with us.”

Prison Fellowship Missouri field director Pauline Rogers shares with us how she went from prison to prison ministry.

We live in a broken society, but the Church is uniquely positioned to have a profound and lasting impact on the surrounding culture.

  "I was a fighter. That was all I knew. Just keep fighting, keep fighting … It all caught up to me in the end."