It takes courage to be baptized—especially when you’re a prisoner. But that didn’t stop a group of men inside one Texas prison from stepping out in faith.
By Grayson Pope
October 1, 2019
Carol S. Vance Unit | Hope Events | Prison Baptisms | Texas
By Prison Fellowship
December 26, 2016
CityReach Church | John Alarid | Ozark Correctional Center | Prison Baptisms | Year in ReviewJohn 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 BaptismsThe parking lot of the Durham (NC) County Jail is not a place most people would see as a location for religious revival, but on June 25, this unlikely setting served as the site for the baptism of 39 of the jail’s prisoners.
By Steve Rempe
June 30, 2016
Durham | Durham County Jail | North Carolina | Prison BaptismsThe scene is one familiar to Christians. A pastor stands next to a man partially submerged in water. With “Amazing Grace” playing in the background, the preacher intones, “As a confession [sic] of your faith that Jesus Christ is head of your life… I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
By Steve Rempe
March 8, 2016
Estelle Unit | houston | Huntsville | Prison Baptisms | Supermax | Texas