PRISON FELLOWSHIP: John Alarid

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Year in Review: 70 Baptized in Missouri Prison

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 programing, 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 26, 2016
CityReach Church | John Alarid | Ozark Correctional Center | Prison Baptisms | Year in Review
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70 Baptized in Missouri Prison

John Alarid (left of baptismal) and the men of Ozark Correctional

A few months ago, John Alarid received a surprising email. It was from the girlfriend of a prisoner at Ozark Correctional Center (Missouri) asking if Alarid would be willing to come to the prison to baptize 10 men.

By Zoe Erler
July 13, 2016
CityReach Church | John Alarid | Ozark Correctional Center | Prison Baptisms
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A Transformation to Greater Things

At his graduation from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, John Alarid stood out from his fellow classmates. It wasn’t his height or demeanor that separated him, nor was it something pithy and entertaining written in tape on his graduation cap.

By Steve Rempe
May 17, 2016
John Alarid | Mark Hausfield | Missouri | Springfield

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