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Joe Gibbs Presents the Game Plan for Life

Posted July 8, 2010
It is a sunny, pleasant day in Charlotte, North Carolina, and almost all the inmates held at the minimum-security prison have eagerly congregated on the green hillside for one reason: the opportunity to meet former Washington Redskins coach and NASCAR racing team owner Joe Gibbs. This three-time Super Bowl champ has a singular reason for being there, too: recruitment.

High-Security Students

Posted January 11, 2010
The Bible’s book of Acts ends with chapter 28. But that didn’t stop Dr. David Osterlund from starting a newsletter called Acts 29—“because we’re writing a new chapter here in South Carolina,” he explains with enthusiasm. In December 2008, for example, 15 newly commissioned missionaries headed out to spread the hope and power of Jesus Christ within a culture most would find foreign and fearsome: the prison culture.The Bible’s book of Acts ends with chapter 28.

Interview: Preparing Criminals for Reentry

Posted October 21, 2009
Prison Fellowship says the U.S. has done a great job of getting criminals off the street.  What we haven’t done a good job of, says the ministry, is getting criminals ready to come back onto the street.  The president of Prison Fellowship shares with Phil Fleischman about a program that challenges the Church to help former inmates transition back into society. The following interview was originally aired October 13, 2009 on Moody Radio’s “Prime Time America”