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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Prison Baptisms

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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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Baptisms in a Jail Parking Lot

The 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 Baptisms
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New Life in Supermax Prison

The 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

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