Sam Dye was comfortable, well paid, and in charge as a director at a large government agency. Then he answered an unexpected request that ultimately led him to prison ministry.
By Maria Mallory White
July 27, 2021
In-Prison Ministry | Iowa
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
Grammy-winning artist Lecrae joins Prison Fellowship President and CEO James Ackerman for a discussion about prison ministry in the current global health crisis.
By Emily Harris Greene
May 6, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | In-Prison Ministry | Lecrae
Actor Scott William Winters opens up about his experience volunteering behind bars with Prison Fellowship.
By Emily Andrews
January 7, 2019
HBO | In-Prison Ministry | Oz | Scott William Winters | volunteer
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 | VolunteersChristmas can be complicated—but never more so than when you have a loved one behind bars.
By Alyson R. Quinn
November 21, 2017
children of prisoners | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Christmas | Family | Family Ministry | Holidays | In Prison | In-Prison Ministry | Visitation
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
What's the worst thing you've ever done? Imagine being known by that one mistake.
By Emily Andrews
September 18, 2017
Corrections Officer | In-Prison Ministry | Justice that restores | prisoner | rehabilitation
Prison outreach can directly impact the lives of the incarcerated. Here are five ways that you and your church can start your prison outreach ministry.
By Hannah Blankenship
June 8, 2017
In-Prison Ministry | prison ministry | prison outreach
Part II in Prison Fellowship's Mentoring Prisoners series: Check out these 3 important questions for mentors. Would you make a good mentor?
By Zoe Erler and Dan Kingery
January 26, 2017
In-Prison Mentor | In-Prison Ministry | mentor | Mentoring | Mentoring Prisoners | Reentry
Wendi Johnson never thought she'd find herself baking cookies for prisoners. Not after what she'd been through.
By Emily Andrews
January 19, 2017
forgiveness | In-Prison Ministry | Now What? | NowWhat.org | prison ministry | Wendi Johnson
Do you want to help prisoners and former prisoners thrive? Read Part One of our Mentoring Prisoners series to learn how to be a good mentor to prisoners.
By Zoe Erler and Dan Kingery
January 18, 2017
In-Prison Mentor | In-Prison Ministry | mentor | Mentoring | Mentoring Prisoners | ReentryIn John 4:35, Jesus commands us, “Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.” When wheat is ready for harvest, it looks almost white. But Jesus wasn’t speaking of fields of grain; He was speaking of a mission field that is “white for harvest.”
By Steve Rempe
May 2, 2014
In-Prison Ministry | Mentoring | music ministry | volunteer | WorshipA prisoner I’ll call Jared is getting ready to be one of the first graduates of a new Prison Fellowship pre-release unit. This is his third time behind bars. He has spent most of his life as a drug dealer and a petty thief, governed by that troublesome four-letter word: self.
By Jim Liske
April 14, 2014
From the CEO | Hope | In-Prison Ministry | VolunteersInitially, Tony Torrez wasn’t sure if prison ministry was his calling. He didn’t know how he would connect with the prisoners and felt he was already making a difference in the homeless community. However, after a volunteer at the Arizona State Prison at Winslow persuaded him to come to an orientation, he couldn’t say no to becoming involved.
By Sara Blair Matthews
September 5, 2013
Arizona | In-Prison Ministry | Prison Fellowship | volunteer