Religious programs, including evangelical schools, are a major force for good behind bars. The most prominent evangelical mascot for prison ministry in recent memory is, of course, Charles “Chuck” ...

John and Andi Bayer have such compassion for incarcerated men and women that they have devoted the last several decades of their lives to their small but influential Free At Last Prison Ministries.

NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports on a lawsuit challenging the turning over of a wing of an Iowa prison to a Christian ministry group. The ministry says no inmates are forced to live in that wing ...

When I was a newly ordained pastor, I heard a speech by a federal judge. The judge said that he kept in contact with every person he sentenced to prison. His rationale was simple: he didn’t want his ...

This is a story of my journey through a Christian prison ministry called Kairos. Mathew 25:36 I was in prison and you visited me. The program has three different missions: Kairos inside, where we work ...

In this image provided by volunteer Doug Price, Kairos Prison Ministry volunteers meet with inmates during one of the 3 1/2-day courses in Christianity. Volunteers heed Jesus' words in Matthew 25:36: ...

We don’t give a lot of thought to the topic of forgiveness unless we think we’ve been wronged. It feels more comfortable to point out the flaws in another person than to contemplate our own need for ...

Ben Marlin has a life sentence different from the convicted felons to whom he ministers to in prison. A 1998 weekend spiritual retreat opened Marlin’s heart to see God in a way he had never ...

Looking for a volunteer opportunity with a nonprofit organization which will cost you very little money but a lot of time and commitment, one which has a tremendous positive impact on society? Then ...

Christian ministries are concerned about the Biden administration’s efforts to expand a Trump program of scanning letters. Pastor Frank Switzer has written thousands of letters to men in prison.

MIDWAY, TEXAS - MARCH 12: Christian prisoners pray in a day room at the Ferguson Unit, a Texas State Prison, on January 15, 1997 in Midway, Texas. As the director of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas ...