Prison Fellowship

  • DONATE
    • One-Time
    • Monthly
    • Angel Tree
    • Other Ways to Give
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Volunteer
    • Subscribe
    • Angel Tree Christmas
    • Start a Fundraiser
    • Pray With Us
    • Justice Action Center
    • Share on Social
  • STORIES
    • Stories
    • Blog
    • Videos
    • The Restoration Series [Videos]
  • WHAT WE DO
    • Why Help Prisoners?
    • What We Do
    • In-Prison
      • Prison Fellowship Academy
      • In-Prison Programs
      • Hope Events
      • Inside Journal
      • Women’s Ministry
      • Create: New Beginnings
    • Angel Tree
      • Register your church or group for Angel Tree
      • Prison Fellowship Angel Tree
      • Angel Tree Christmas
      • Angel Tree Camping
      • Angel Tree Sports Camps
    • Justice Reform
      • Justice Reform
      • Second Chance Month
      • News & Updates
      • Sign the Justice Declaration
      • Get a Copy of Outrageous Justice
    • Warden Exchange
    • Church Partners
    • Corporate Partnerships
    • Preparing Prisoners for Reentry
  • RESOURCES
    • Subscribe to Our Email
    • Support for Friends and Family of Prisoners
      • Resources for Friends and Family of Prisoners
      • Coping with Incarceration
      • Resources for Prisoners
      • Resources for Children of Prisoners
      • Supporting Successful Prisoner Reentry
    • Resources for Churches and Volunteers
      • Resources for Churches and Volunteers
      • In-Prison Ministry
      • Reentry Ministry
      • Family Ministry
      • Justice Reform
      • Mentoring Ministry
    • Resources for Angel Tree Coordinators
    • Resources for Chaplains
    • Resources for D.O.C.
    • Justice Reform Resources
    • Share on Social
    • For Media Outlets
  • ABOUT US
    • Leadership
    • Chuck Colson
      • About Chuck Colson
      • The Charles Colson Hope Awards
    • Our Beliefs
    • Financials
      • Financials
      • 2022 Annual Report
    • Employment
    • Contact Us
    • In The News

PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Texas

lincoln memorial washington dc
  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
Criminal Justice Reform Achievements

Prison Fellowship’s justice advocates and justice ambassadors continue to make a difference in our nation.

By Prison Fellowship
January 20, 2022
Criminal Justice Reform | Oklahoma | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
kevin bruno in who is my neighbor
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
  • Video
The Deep Divide of Racism in Prison [Video]

Former prisoner Kevin Bruno shares how racism, ignorance, and a lack of compassion can contribute to a violent culture behind bars.

By Prison Fellowship
January 14, 2022
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas | Video | Who is My Neighbor?
  • Angel Tree
  • Families of Prisoners
Going the Extra Mile at Christmas

One incarcerated dad expresses what it means when people go the extra mile to send his kids gifts at Christmas—and to bless him, as well.

By Joanna Breault
November 3, 2021
Angel Tree Christmas | Texas
prisoner prays with volunteer
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
Just Go Tell Them: How John Markle Found a Calling Behind Bars

Prison Fellowship Academy volunteer John Markle has received an award from the state of Texas. We caught up with John to get a better sense of why he volunteers and why he can’t imagine stopping.

By Alyson Quinn, Faith White
August 10, 2021
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas | volunteer
Burke family with Christian (far right)
  • Advocacy & Reentry
One Father’s Refuge: Finding Hope in Unthinkable Loss

When Mike stood up in the courtroom, he faced the boy who killed his son. Then Mike spoke the words only God could have given him.

By Emily Andrews
April 14, 2021
Texas | Victims | Volunteers
susan sits in her office
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
  • Video
How a Cancer Diagnosis Brought Susan and 300 Prisoners Together

For Susan Nutt, the very worst time to volunteer turned out to be exactly right. Her cancer was progressing—could she really find time for prison ministry?

By Joanna Breault
March 2, 2021
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas | Volunteers
man prays with prisoner at carol s vance unit in houston texas
  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
  • Second Chance Month
Prison Fellowship and CrossWalk Center Offer Hope in Reentry

Prison Fellowship and CrossWalk Center are partnering to place Houston-area Academy graduates in living-wage careers.

By Alyson R. Quinn
January 13, 2021
Carol S. Vance Unit | Second Chance Hiring | Texas
Rafael Cantu profile
  • Angel Tree
  • Families of Prisoners
A Rebel on the Streets Finds the Way to Life

Running the streets felt like freedom to Rafael, but he was running toward destruction. In prison, he spotted a flyer for the Angel Tree program. He had no idea his life was about to change.

By Emily Andrews
November 3, 2020
Angel Tree Christmas | Texas
roderick mcneely mentor
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
Training Ground: How Roderick Went from Prisoner to Mentor

Roderick spent years addicted to crack cocaine and the lifestyle that came with it. In prison, everything changed. Now he’s a mentor, showing other men how to find freedom.

By Emily Andrews
October 8, 2020
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
Zackarie Feature
  • Angel Tree
  • Families of Prisoners
Angel Tree Camping Helped Zackarie Find the Path to Success

Zackarie didn’t want to go to camp at first, but he’s so glad he did. More than a decade later, he remembers his weeks at camp as some of the best—and most transformative—of his life.

By Maria Mallory White
September 8, 2020
Angel Tree Camping | Frontier Camp | Texas
Gio Rodriguez
  • Prison & Prisoners
The Drug-Dealer’s Son: From a Boot Full of Cash to a Heart Full of Christ

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

By Emily Andrews
July 28, 2020
Prison Fellowship Academy | Texas
Prison Fellowship Academy participant listens in class
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
Back to Basics: How Productivity Makes Time Serve You

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

By Emily Andrews
February 19, 2020
Texas | Values of Good Citizenship
  • Hope Events
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
Singing a New Song with CityFest

Not much changes day to day in a prison. But Prison Fellowship Hope Events, like recent ones in Texas, give refreshment and life-changing truth to men and women who need a new beginning. “I’m singing their song. I’ve been a drug addict, a criminal, a convict. I’ve come out on the other side because of my relationship with Jesus.”

By Alyson R. Quinn
November 12, 2019
Texas
Raising Up a New Life in a New Year
  • Hope Events
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
Raising Up New Life in Prison

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 | Texas
angel tree kid joseph at frontier camp
  • Families of Prisoners
Conquering Fears at Camp: Joseph’s Story

At camp, Joseph can set his worries aside and be free to just be a kid. Every day at camp is a new adventure for this child and so many other campers. And after this summer, he will have plenty to share in his next letter to his dad in prison.

By Emily Andrews
August 28, 2019
Angel Tree Camping | Frontier Camp | Texas
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 6
  • Next Page »

SELECT A TOPIC

  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Angel Tree
  • Families of Prisoners
  • Feature Stories
  • From the CEO
  • Hope Events
  • Inside Journal
  • Press Releases
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Prison Fellowship International
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
  • Reentry
  • Second Chance Month
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Warden Exchange

MOST POPULAR

Prison Fellowship Statement on Tyre Nichols

January 28, 2023

Prison Fellowship Responds to Inaction on Crack Cocaine Sentencing at Close of the 117th Congress

December 20, 2022

Criminal Justice Reform Achievements

December 16, 2022

PRISON FELLOWSHIP IN THE NEWS

View our latest press releases and hear what other publications are saying about Prison Fellowship and our programs.

    Reentry For Incarcerated Chattanooga Residents To Be Discussed By Panel On Tuesday (Chattanoogan.com)
    Houston Area Angel Tree Basketball Sports Camp at Mi3 Center Saturday Featured Speaker: Brandon Johnson—Former Pro Basketball Player (Houston Style Magazine)
    Women to graduate from Prison Fellowship program at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (Oklahoma City Sentinel)
    Prison Fellowship, Baltimore Ravens hold sports camp for over 100 kids of imprisoned parents (christianpost.com)
VIEW MORE NEWS

LATEST VIDEOS

WATCH ALL VIDEOS

JOIN OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY

FACEBOOK
TWITTER
INSTAGRAM
YOUTUBE
LINKEDIN
PF®
PFM®

RECOMMENDED LINKS

  • Ways to Donate
  • Inspirational Stories
  • Angel Tree Program
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Justice Reform

RESOURCES

  • For Families & Friends of Prisoners
  • For Churches & Angel Tree Volunteers
  • For Media Outlets
  • Warden Exchange

JOIN RESTORATION PARTNERS AND WITNESS GOD RESTORE LIVES

Restoration Partners give monthly to bring life-changing prison ministry programs to incarcerated men and women across the country.

 

JOIN NOW
  • CONTACT US
  • EMPLOYMENT
  • PRIVACY
  • FINANCIALS
© 2023 PRISON FELLOWSHIP®

Angel Tree®, Angel Tree Camping®, Angel Tree Sports ClinicTM, Angel Tree Sports CampsTM, and Warden Exchange® are programs of Prison Fellowship®.