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Championing Prison Chaplains on the Front Lines

During the most challenging time of their careers, chaplains looked to Prison Fellowship as they embraced new ways to serve the prisoners in their care.

By Emily Andrews
June 8, 2021
Chaplains | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Floodlight | The Storehouse
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A ‘Thank You’ to Those Essential Workers Who Don’t Often Hear It

Prison Fellowship is called to "remember those in prison"—including the oft-overlooked correctional officers.

By Joanna Breault
March 9, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | department of corrections
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Defeating Doubt, Creating Change: How The Prison Fellowship Academy Prepares Returning Citizens for a New World

“I want so bad to help in the same way that I was helped.” Reentry can bring a whole new set of problems for returning citizens. Prison Fellowship Academy provides prisoners with the tools they need for reentry.

By Emily Harris Greene
December 8, 2020
Bibles for Prisoners | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Prison Fellowship Academy | Reentry
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‘Hold Your Head Up High’: Lecrae Takes the Gospel to Alabama Prisoners

“I was trapped in my own mindset. I was trapped into thinking that I had to be something that society said I had to be, instead of being what God said I was.”

By Emily Harris Greene
November 4, 2020
Alabama | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Lecrae
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Reap the Whirlwind: How Kenny Dobbs Learned to Soar

Slam dunk legend Kenny Dobbs has made a name for himself in basketball, but his passion is helping at-risk kids get on the right track.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 15, 2020
Angel Tree Sports Clinic | Arizona | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | New York | Video
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Keeping in Touch After Prison: How Academy Alumni Are Using Facebook In Reentry

A new, exclusive Facebook group allows Prison Fellowship Academy alumni to connect and support one another, even from afar.

By Emily Andrews
July 30, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Prison Fellowship Academy
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Christians in China Help with America’s PPE Shortage

America’s PPE shortage is endangering those who are at a high risk of contracting the disease. Meanwhile, a group of Chinese Christians want to help.

By Grayson Pope
June 24, 2020
China | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | In-Prison Ministry
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How Marcus Bullock and Flikshop Keep Prisoners and Families Connected Despite COVID-19

Because Marcus Bullock was given a second chance, his business Flikshop is connecting families separated by prison walls and the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Grayson Pope
June 15, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Families of Incarcerated | Flikshop
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Not an Ex-Con: Special Zoom Graduation Celebrates Prison Fellowship Academy Grads

COVID-19 forced Blackburn Correctional Center to close its doors to visitors, but that didn’t stop dedicated volunteers and DOC staff from serving incarcerated men.

By Grayson Pope
June 10, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Kentucky
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Peace Over Panic: How Do Prisoners’ Families Hold onto Faith During COVID-19?

In the world of COVID-19, concerns of prisoners’ families are heavy. Practicing social distance can be difficult behind bars—if not impossible. The threat of illness is high for people living and working within the prison system. Angel Tree’s Michelle Payette says, “When you can't control things, you’ve got to learn to pray.”

By Emily Andrews
June 2, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories
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Angel Tree Care Packages: Responding to COVID-19

As our world navigates COVID-19, Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree is actively reaching out to families of prisoners to pray with them and encourage them.

By Emily Andrews
May 22, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories
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Inside Oklahoma’s Warriors Quilting Club at MBCC

An in-prison sewing club—which includes several Prison Fellowship Academy® participants—is helping to protect Oklahoma City from COVID-19, one handmade mask at a time.

By Emily Andrews
May 14, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Oklahoma | Women's Ministry

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