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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Chuck Colson

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Carrying Chuck Colson’s Vision into a Bold New Future

Prison Fellowship's founder had a dream of equipping churches to build up leaders behind bars. Nearly 50 years later, the vision is stronger than ever.

By James J. Ackerman
April 10, 2023
Chuck Colson | From the CEO | Heather Rice-Minus | James Ackerman
Chuck Colson Cell:A New Honor
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A Phoenix, Arising from the Ashes

After his career in hardball politics ended in flames, Chuck Colson emerged as one of the most influential evangelical leaders of the twentieth century, influencing countless prisoners, public figures, and everyday citizens. When he found himself in hell, he kept on walking; and through his obedience, God turned an unmitigated disaster into an unbounded blessing.

By Bruce Ashford
June 23, 2022
Chuck Colson | Watergate
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Tom Phillips, Who Led Chuck Colson to Christ, Has Passed Away

Patty Colson reflects on how her husband's friendship with Tom Phillips changed the world.

By Emily Harris Greene
January 15, 2019
Chuck Colson | Emily Colson | Patty Colson | Prison Fellowship | Tom Phillips
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‘I Saw Hope in There’: Focus on the Family’s John McKeever

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.

By Emily Andrews
December 3, 2018
Angel Tree | Chuck Colson | Focus on the Family | In-Prison Ministry | Volunteers
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Q&A with Dave and Judy McElyea

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.

By Stacia Ray
November 28, 2018
Chuck Colson | InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Kairos | Lino Lakes | Minnesota | Minnesota Correctional Facility
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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
Charles Colson | Chuck Colson | Easter | President Richard Nixon | Watergate
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Healing Communities USA: Second Chances Close to Home

"Our outreach to the prisons can't overlook the families in our own church."

By Rev. Dr. Harold Dean Trulear
April 5, 2018
Breakpoint | Chuck Colson | Healing Communities USA | Philadelphia Leadership Foundation | Progressive National Baptist Convention | Station of Hope
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A Harsh Awakening: How Audrey Surrendered to God

Going to prison was a harsh awakening for Audrey. She couldn't relate to the other prisoners, and felt as though she was trapped on an alien world.

By Audrey Fay
February 26, 2018
Angel Tree | California | Chuck Colson | Reentry | social stigma | TUMI
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The Story Behind ‘Amazing Grace’

This article was originally published in Prison Fellowship®'s Inside Journal®, a quarterly newspaper printed and distributed to corrections facilities across the country.

In the last year of his life, Chuck Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship, re-visited Maxwell Federal Prison Camp near Montgomery, Alabama, where he served time in the 1970s.

By Alyson R. Quinn
April 11, 2017
Chuck Colson | Inside Journal Resources
Easter devotional - One in Christ
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Easter Devotional: One in Christ

Obedience can be a tough lesson to learn. Especially since our society upholds willfulness as a sign of strength. Willfulness can lead people to ruin, but there is Someone who is willing to forgive and forget. And He extends the offer of a better way to those who submit their will to His.

By Prison Fellowship
April 10, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender | Willfulness
Easter Devotional: I Am With You Always
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Easter Devotional: I Am With You Always

"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Mat. 28:20, NIV)

By Prison Fellowship
April 3, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender | loneliness
Easter Devotional: Surrender Bitterness
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Easter Devotional: Surrender Bitterness

In Paul's letter to the Hebrews, he tells them to "See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many" (12:15). 

By Prison Fellowship
March 27, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender
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Easter Devotional: Surrender to Freedom

In 2 Corinthians 5:17, the Apostle Paul writes, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

By Prison Fellowship
March 23, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender
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Steven and Chuck: A Powerful Friendship

In the mid-1990s, multi-Dove Award-winning Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman formed a friendship with Prison Fellowship® founder Chuck Colson after reading Colson's book "Loving God."

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By Emily Harris Greene
March 8, 2017
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Never Too Late to Serve

One of the most endearing stories Chuck Colson shared is found in his book Loving God. He wrote of Myrtie Howell—a 91 year-old woman he met in an “old folks’ home” in Georgia.

Myrtie was born poor, had only one year of schooling, and was married at age 17.

By Mark Hubbell
October 11, 2016
Chuck Colson | letters | Loving God | Myrtie Howell | volunteer
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