Prison Fellowship

While you're shopping today, how about helping make a difference for children with an incarcerated parent? Your gift to Prison Fellowship Angel Tree Christmas will bring joy and hope to children and families this holiday season. 🌟 https://bit.ly/3CSFayA

The Christmas season officially kicks off today!🎄While trimming the tree, hanging up lights, and shopping those online sales, tune in to Prison Fellowship’s Spotify Christmas playlist to keep you company. We asked current and former prisoners to share their favorite Christmas songs, and then we put them all together for this spectacular playlist. Listen here! 🎶

Today we're grateful for the opportunity to encounter Jesus with those impacted by incarceration! Together, we're bringing justice, mercy, and hope to our culture. Let's give thanks for the transformative power of God's love and the countless lives He's changed.

Last month, Prison Fellowship Prison Ministry Manager Anthony Anderson received an award for his exemplary service at the Graceville Correctional Facility in Florida. The beautiful award is a time clock made with genuine crystal. We are so thankful for Anthony’s dedication to those behind bars! Graceville Correctional Facility provided the statement below: “These volunteer appreciation awards are presented to Prison Fellowship and Anthony Anderson for their exemplary service rendered to the Graceville Correctional Facility. Anthony Anderson’s devotion and dedication to implementing the Prison Fellowship Academy has greatly enhanced the Graceville Faith-based curriculum. Thank you for your continuous service with the Graceville Correctional Facility.”

Some people put their faith in Jesus Christ after hearing a moving sermon, while others are influenced over time by loved ones. Fred came to faith at age 17 after getting high on marijuana in prison. God is known throughout the Bible to meet us in the most unexpected ways. The changes in Fred’s life were instant. He disavowed the gang life and began living for Christ. Read his inspiring story here:

“The Hope Events that come to prison are just what the name says: It is an event of hope. It's like a searchlight has brightened up the whole atmosphere in the prison." —Jonathan, Hope Event attendee We know you will enjoy these beautiful moments of praise captured at a recent Prison Fellowship Hope Event at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center in Oklahoma!

“When children are broken, and they cannot see their parent that’s away ... sometimes they need to know and feel that they are loved.” Prison Fellowship Angel Tree is more than just a Christmas gift. It’s a year-round commitment to be the hands and the feet of God for the children of incarcerated parents. Donate to Angel Tree today: https://bit.ly/4fyXco5

“I always tell people; you’ve never worshipped until you’ve worshipped in prison.”

Prison Fellowship Director of Correctional Programs Tammy Franklin shares an encouraging note from a recently released Prison Fellowship Academy graduate in Oklahoma: “I am doing fabulous. I am at an incredible sober house in Tulsa. I just recently got a job at a thrift shop. I am leaning on the grit I tapped into during Prison Fellowship [Academy]. "I have been supremely blessed with the people He puts in my path on a daily basis. I never lived a healthy lifestyle outside the fence. I am doing that now and thriving at it. I am exactly where God wants me. I am thankful to the Academy for helping me to learn good values that are helping to make me a productive member of society today. The healing I received in that program means I am not stuck in my past. I am truly free to be the best version of me today. Thank you to all those involved with the Academy inside and out. It truly changes lives!”

Prison Fellowship Justice Ambassador Lindsay Holloway shares her story of how she made the most of her #secondchances after she was prepared to die.