Prison Fellowship Ministries

PRISON FELLOWSHIP'S MISSION IS TO RESTORE THOSE AFFECTED BY CRIME AND INCARCERATION.

PROGRAM MINISTRY: PRISON FELLOWSHIP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ARE IN PRISONS EACH DAY BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF GOOD CITIZENS THROUGH ITS PRISON FELLOWSHIP ACADEMY, WHICH USES TARGETED CURRICULUM, COMPASSIONATE COACHES, AND RESTORATIVE COMMUNITY TO REPLACE PARTICIPANTS' CRIMINAL THINKING AND BEHAVIORS WITH RENEWED PURPOSE AND BIBLICALLY BASED LIFE PRINCIPLES. GRADUATES COMPLETE THE YEARLONG PROGRAM AS CHANGE AGENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PRISON. AS A RESULT, WE ARE SEEING PRISONERS USE THEIR SENTENCES AS A TIME TO GROW, CHANGE, AND FIND A NEW, POSITIVE LIFE PATH WITH PRISON FELLOWSHIP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AS THEIR GUIDES. IN FY22, NEARLY 8,200 VOLUNTEERS SERVED WITH PRISON FELLOWSHIP, AND MORE THAN 6,300 INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN IMPACTED BY PRISON FELLOWSHIP CLASSES, SEMINARS, OR INTENSIVE PROGRAMS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. LONG-TERM, EVIDENCE-INFORMED PROGRAMMING THROUGH OUR PRISON FELLOWSHIP ACADEMY WAS DELIVERED IN 146 FACILITIES IN 35 STATES. IN FY22, THE PATHWAYS PROGRAM WAS CREATED WITH A MISSION TO REBUILD COMMUNITIES BY EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO LIVE LIVES OF HUMAN FLOURISHING THROUGH THE VALUES OF GOOD CITZENSHIP AND SERVICE TO OTHERS. MORE THAN 122,000 BIBLES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO PRISONERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. NEARLY 90 OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS STATE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE WARDEN EXCHANGE, A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS MAKE THEIR PRISONS SAFER, MORE CONSTRUCTIVE, AND MORE SUPPORTIVE OF PRISONERS' REHABILITATION. THE MINISTRY ALSO DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 1,000,000 COPIES OF INSIDE JOURNAL, AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE PRISON POPULATION. PRISON FELLOWSHIP ANGEL TREE SERVES INCARCERATED PARENTS BY MOBILIZING THE CHURCH TO SERVE THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. EVERY CHRISTMAS, ANGEL TREE EQUIPS LOCAL CONGREGATIONS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO MINISTER TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN BY DELIVERING A GIFT AND THE GOSPEL MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF THEIR INCARCERATED PARENTS. IN ADDITION, MANY OF OUR PARTNER CHURCHES MEET THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PRISONERS' FAMILIES THROUGH YEAR-ROUND MINISTRIES SUCH AS CAMPING, SPORTS CAMPS, OR THEIR OWN IN-CHURCH ACTIVITIES. THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS, ANGEL TREE PROVIDES A PATHWAY FOR STRENGTHENING AND RESTORING PRISONERS' RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. IN FY22, 116,619 PARENTS SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR ANGEL TREE CHRISTMAS, AND MORE THAN 236,000 CHILDREN WERE ASSIGNED TO LOCAL ANGEL TREE PARTNERS WHO SERVE THEM AT CHRISTMAS. 3,611CHILDREN OF PRISONERS ATTENDED CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP WITH A SCHOLARSHIP FROM ANGEL TREE. ANGEL TREE HOSTED SPORTS CAMPS WHERE 617 CHILDREN OF AN INCARCERATED PARENT GAINED SKILLS IN VARIOUS SPORTS BY SEASONED COLLEGE PLAYERS AND FORMER PROFESSIONAL ATHELTES AND LEARN OF GOD'S LOVE. PRISON FELLOWSHIP PARTNERED WITH THE WALMART.ORG CENTER FOR RACIAL EQUITY TO LAUNCH THE OPPORTUNITY KIDS INITATIVE, AN EFFORT TO HELP CHILDREN IN NEED MOVE FROM VULNERABLE BEGINNINGS TO VICTORIOUS FUTURES THROUGH ACTIVITIES LIKE COLLEGE READINESS TRAINING AND FREE DENTAL CLINICS. THROUGH OUR EVANGELISM EVENTS, WE INTRODUCE INCARCERATED MEN ANN WOMEN TO A NEW FUTURE IN CHRIST AND NURTURE THEIR SPIRITUAL GROWTH, REACHING 21,200 PRISONERS AT 183 HOPE EVENTS THIS YEAR. FLOODLIGHT, OUR ONLINE RESOURCE PLATFORM THAT MAKES AVAILABLE FREE ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING FAITH-BASED CONTENT FOR USE ON PRISON TELEVISIONS AND TABLETS, IS. AVAILABLE IN 430 FACILITIES ACROSS 49 STATES, PROVIDING 560,000 INCARCERATED VIEWERS SAFE ACCESS IN THEIR CELLS AND DORMS TO THIS HIGH- QUALITY PROGRAMMING. THROUGH INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE ARTWORK, MORE THAN 200 WOMEN JOINED IN A PRISON FELLOWSHIP RESTORATIVE ART PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE CRITICAL EMOTIONS AND DEVELOP SELF-AWARENESS THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

PUBLIC EDUCATION: PRISON FELLOWSHIP'S ADVOCACY TEAM COMMUNICATES TO CHURCHES, VOLUNTEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES PRISON FELLOWSHIP SUPPORTS ON STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. THIS WORK IS PERFORMED VIA DIRECT MAIL, NEWS AND INFORMATION OUTLETS, WEB POSTINGS, ONLINE WEBINARS, LIVE EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND OTHER VARIOUS MEDIA. PRISON FELLOWSHIP'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCACY TEAM EDUCATES OUR SUPPORTERS ABOUT THE NEED FOR FAIRER SENTENCING, A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE CORRECTIONAL CULTURE, AND SECOND CHANCES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY.

INTERNATIONAL PRISON MINISTRY: PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES MAKES GRANTS TO PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL, WHOSE MISSION IS TO ENGAGE THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TO PURSUE JUSTICE AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO CRIME TO THE END THAT OFFENDERS ARE TRANSFORMED, RELATIONSHIPS ARE RECONCILED, AND COMMUNITIES ARE RESTORED. THIS YEAR WE MADE A SPECIAL GRANT OF $1 MILLION TO HELP SUPPORT THE RELIEF EFFORTS FOR PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN UKRAINE. THE PROCEEDS OF THAT GIFT WERE USED TO PURCHASE A DELIVERY VAN, AS WELL AS FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.