“Hope is there”: Once behind bars, a pastor advocates for giving released prisoners a clean slate
Having overcome his own prison record, Seventh-day Adventist pastor Aaron Chancy is lobbying state officials in New York to approve the Clean Slate Act. ELEONORA FRANCICA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: Christians should change how they talk about people with a criminal record
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMES ACKERMAN, president of Prison Fellowship in the US, writes about why words matter when describing people in reference to the prison system…
Beyond prison walls: Despite COVID-19, Angel Tree continues its mission of bringing Christmas to kids of prisoners
MICAH DANNEY, of Religion Unplugged, reports on the Angel Tree ministry in the US…
Church of England to broadcast first online prison church service
The Church of England will broadcast its first online prison church service this Sunday. In a statement, the church said it would broadcast the service, which is being recorded at three sites in England – HMP Stocken in Rutland, HMP Low Newton in Durham and HMP Pentonville in London – from 9am on Sunday on prison […]
BOOKS: REAL-LIFE STORIES OF REDEMPTION FROM BEHIND BARS
DAVID ADAMS takes a look at Changing Criminals: The Business of Heaven…
SOUTH AFRICA: GOD’S GRACE FLOWS INTO PRISONERS’ LIVES
DAVID ADAMS speaks to South African pastor, Willie Dengler, about his ministry in the nation’s jails…