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Prison Ministry

Currently we have the honour and priviledge to serve at Helderstroom Maximum Prison (Sunday Service & bi-weekly Bible Study), Helderstroom Medium Prison (Sunday Services) & Caledon Prison (Sunday Service & weekly Bible Study)

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WHY PRISON

MINISTRY?

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Why must we as believers be concerned about prison ministry? Because. . .

1. Prison ministry has a direct Scriptural mandate (Matthew 25:31-40). Throughout the Bible are examples, descriptions, and commandments about prisons, prisoners, bondage, captivity, and slavery. The Bible mentions prison, prisoners, or imprisonment more than 130 times.

2. We should follow the example which Christ has set by ministering to prisoners. 

3. Prisons meet the criteria of any mission field: Lost, hurt, broken people in need of hope.

4. God is not willing that any should perish (John 6:39) --not even serial killers, rapists, and molesters (2 Peter 3:9). God loves even the “worst of sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15).

5. Chaplains cannot minister to more than a small percentage of inmates in their care. They cannot do all of the necessary work themselves, as there is just not enough alloted time to do so.

6. Many jails and prisons have no professional chaplains and many have no religious services at all.

7. For every person incarcerated, there are three to five other people affected: Friends, children, parents, etc. Inmates and their families represent a large segment of society within any culture.

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GOALS OF PRISON MINISTRY

The spiritual goals of jail and prison ministry may include one, some, or even all of the following:


1. To share the unconditional love of God.
2. To present the Gospel of Jesus Christ in such a way that inmates will embrace it and receive Christ as Savior.
3. To disciple new believers in the Word and teach them how to study the Bible.
4. To demonstrate the power of prayer and teach them to how pray.
5. To lead inmates to experience the life-changing power of God that will free them from guilt, shame, negative emotions, and addictions.
6. To minister to inmates’ families. 

 

The social goals of jail and prison ministry are:


1. To help the inmate function more positively within the prison environment.
2. To provide a link between the community and persons confined in correctional institutions
3.To prepare both inmates & residents for re-entry into society (physically, mentally, morally and spiritually).
4.To assist inmates families in practical ways.
5.To provide post-prison assistance in practical ways.

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