Prison Fellowship Ministries
United States
/ Virginia
| Community/Family
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Prison Fellowship, founded by Chuck Colson, reaches out to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families both as an act of service to Jesus Christ and as a contribution to restoring peace to our cities and communities endangered by crime. The best way to transform our communities is to transform the people within those communities. We believe that at its core, crime is a moral and spiritual problem. Out of distorted character values, people make poor moral choices that cause harm and destruction. Therefore, authentic and lasting change must take place from the inside out—beginning with a reconciled relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Then, as people learn more about the truth and power of Christ, they learn to think in a new way, act in a new way, and relate to others in a new way. Most of the time, a man walks out of prison with nothing more than an old set of clothes and a few dollars. Not much to start a new life outside. He desperately needs a job, and first impressions mean everything. If he looks like a prospective employee, he’ll have a better chance of actually getting hired. And if he’s dressed well, he’ll also have more confidence to talk about how the change on the outside reflects a much deeper change on the inside.
