PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Prison Fellowship Academy

What made Lori a “perfect fit” for prison ministry wasn’t only her education or experience. It was a willingness to serve.

Quilts are made to warm the heart, not just the body. That’s why pastor Renae Calva partnered with a group of quilters to make blankets for 18 returning citizens.

A new, exclusive Facebook group allows Prison Fellowship Academy alumni to connect and support one another, even from afar.

Gio Rodriguez met God in a jail cell. Then everything changed.

COVID-19 forced Blackburn Correctional Center to close its doors to visitors, but that didn’t stop dedicated volunteers and DOC staff from serving incarcerated men.

An in-prison sewing club—which includes several Prison Fellowship Academy® participants—is helping to protect Oklahoma City from COVID-19, one handmade mask at a time.

Why would a 40-something, single mom of two spend her days volunteering behind bars at a men’s prison?

Deep transformation doesn't happen overnight. Prison Fellowship Academy participants develop and practice the biblically based values of Good Citizenship.

Prison Fellowship ended 2019 with 101 Academy sites established nationwide. We're seeing lives transformed behind bars, one story at a time.

When tensions are mounting in a high-security prison, do words really have power to de-escalate fight?