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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 | In-Prison
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Not in Vain

Ian is man on a God-ordained mission.

By Mary Ellen Armbruster
September 25, 2017
Assemblies of God | Colorado | In-Prison | In-Prison Ministry | Missouri
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‘I Want to Learn More About This Christ’

Prison Fellowship's Chad Prince shares his encounter with Deidre, an incarcerated woman suffering from colon cancer who wants to learn more about Christ.

By Chad Prince
August 21, 2017
Angel Tree | In-Prison
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Remembering Their Children: Prisoners Sign Up for Angel Tree

"It hardly seemed like the weather for thinking about Christmas, but even so, a crowd of men made their way over to our table to fill out Angel Tree applications."

By Mary Ellen Armbruster
June 28, 2017
Angel Tree | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Families of Incarcerated | Family Ministry | In-Prison
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Tony Evans ‘Detours’ and Prison Fellowship One-For-One Campaign

B&H Publishing Group and Prison Fellowship® are teaming up in a special one-for-one launch campaign. 

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By Prison Fellowship
January 19, 2017
Dr. Tony Evans | In-Prison | In-Prison Ministry | One-for-One Campaign | Press Release | Prison Fellowship
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Five Ways to Help the Incarcerated and Their Families

“Justice that restores. What does that mean?  Who are we restoring? Where are we restoring them to?”

Prison Fellowship President and CEO James Ackerman asks these questions to a recent gathering of volunteers in Tampa, Florida. The answer, he suggests, can be found in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “Learn to do right.

By Steve Rempe
September 26, 2016
Angel Tree | Florida | In-Prison | James Ackerman | Mentoring | Prayer | Reentry | Restoration | Tampa | volunteer
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Prisoners Prepare for Christmas

For moms and dads behind bars, Christmas can be a particularly difficult time of the year. Separated from their sons and daughters, these parents struggle to connect with their children—to let them know that they care for them and remember them, even when distance and iron bars keep them apart for the holidays.

By Steve Rempe
September 8, 2016
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A Thug Named Steve

The following column originally appeared in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, a national news site that covers juvenile justice issues daily, and appears here with permission.

The other day I visited a young black man from Philadelphia doing time for an armed robbery.

By Cindy Sanford
March 23, 2016
Cindy Sanford | In-Prison | Juvenile Justice | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
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Three Things I Learned Through Prison Ministry

Writer Kelsa Battig shares how her experiences in prison ministry taught her how to better share her faith.

By Kelsa Battig
January 28, 2016
Constructive Culture in Prison | In-Prison | prison ministry | volunteer
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Five Things I Learned in Prison

Katherine Thompson recently served as a policy intern with Justice Fellowship.  A version of the following article originally appeared on the House of Margaret Thatcher website, and is used here with permission.

If I could attend church in prison every week, I would.

By Katherine Thompson
October 5, 2015
In-Prison | Katherine Thompson | Reentry | rehabilitation | Restoration
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