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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Charles Colson

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Fifteen Minutes with Chuck Colson

Mike Johnson couldn’t believe the man on the book cover was standing outside his cell. Thirty-seven years later, he still feels the impact of Chuck Colson’s words.

By Joanna Breault
April 12, 2022
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Prison Fellowship Reacts to the Passing of Patty Colson

Prison Fellowship mourns the passing of Patty Colson, wife of our founder, Charles “Chuck” Colson.

By Prison Fellowship
March 28, 2020
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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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Watergate Hotel Gala to Kick Off 2019 Second Chance Month April Events

Matthew Charles and Emily Colson were two featured speakers at the inaugural Second Chance Month Gala at the historic Watergate Hotel.

By Prison Fellowship
March 26, 2019
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Watergate Hotel Gala to Kick Off 2019 Second Chance Month in April

Historic Watergate revisited for third annual Second Chance Month.

By Prison Fellowship
March 21, 2019
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How Chuck Colson’s Legacy of Hope Lives On

In this tribute to Chuck Colson, former prisoner Marty Angelo shares how Chuck Colson had a direct impact on his own life and transformation from disgraced producer to follower of Jesus Christ.

By Marty Angelo
April 16, 2018
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Justice Advocate Gene Mills Presented with Charles Colson Hope Award

Prison Fellowship presents Gene Mills with the 2017 Charles Colson Advocate of Hope Award for his role in advancing criminal justice reform in Louisiana.

By Prison Fellowship
February 2, 2018
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Year in Review: Changing Prisons and Changing the World

For 40 years, Prison Fellowship® has been going into correctional facilities, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with those behind bars, and offering the hope of true transformation. Through the use of Bible-based programming, and with the help of thousands of committed volunteers, lives are being changed, hope is being restored, and darkness is being replaced with the promise of a future.

By Prison Fellowship
December 21, 2016
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Finding Hope Behind Bars

In this week's Insider, Doug Gillquist, the executive director of strategic gifts at Prison Fellowship®, shares the story of a woman whose life seems hopeless at first glance.

"This gal had an incredibly tough background," Gillquist shares. "An abusive marriage. A second relationship outside of marriage where there was perhaps even more abuse …

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By Emily Harris Greene
December 19, 2016
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The Promise of Hope

A version of the following article originally aired as a BreakPoint commentary on August 18, 2016, and is reproduced here with permission. 

Charles W. “Chuck” Colson was packing his bags to go home, having served his time for a Watergate-related offense.

By John Stonestreet
August 18, 2016
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Announcing the 2016 Charles Colson Hope Award Honorees

On August 9, 1976—two years to the day that President Richard Nixon resigned from as President of the United States—Charles Colson founded Prison Fellowship. The former Nixon adviser, who spent seven months in a federal correctional facility after pleading guilty to Watergate-related charges, left prison a changed man, committed to “remembering the prisoner” and honoring the God-given value and potential of every person affected by crime and incarceration.

By Steve Rempe
August 9, 2016
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A New Honor for Chuck Colson

In 1987, Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson established the Wilberforce Award, an honor intended to celebrate and acknowledge men and women who have publicly lived out their Christian faith, and have had a positive impact on their communities and the world.

By Steve Rempe
March 30, 2016
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Changing Prisons and Changing the World

Every year after finishing his own prison sentence, Prison Fellowship founder Charles Colson returned behind bars for Easter services, sharing the good news of Jesus’ resurrection with incarcerated men and women.  Rather than celebrating in more comfortable surroundings with people of means and influence, Colson opted to worship in crowded prison gymnasiums surrounded by orange jumpsuits and ever-watchful prison guards.

By Steve Rempe
March 25, 2016
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Chuck’s Legacy … and Our Calling

When Charles W. “Chuck” Colson entered the Maxwell Correctional Facility in July 1974, he did so as a humbled man.  The former special prosecutor for President Richard Nixon had pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice during the ongoing Watergate scandal investigation, and was preparing to serve a one-to-three-year sentence in the Montgomery, Alabama, facility. 

By Steve Rempe
April 21, 2015
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Longtime Prison Volunteer Shares Wisdom

Last year, Bob celebrated his 90th birthday inside Minnesota's only level five maximum-security prison, Oak Park Heights. Bob has led Bible studies there since the late 1990s.

By Lori Stertz
April 16, 2015
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