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Why Prison Ministry?
The obvious answer is the hope of seeing
men/women come to Christ.
But there are other, less obvious reasons (which perhaps are more
important):
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Sharpen/practice your evangelism
skills. (Practice evangelism)
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Be obedient to Christ.
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Be a witness in your community. (Bill)
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Strengthen the church in the
prison (Johnny)
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Be encouraged by seeing God
working.
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Be encouraged to see what God has
done in some inmates lives. (Harold)
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Be about God's work with other
Christians. (Ron, Leonard, Dale)
Sometimes its exciting and uplifting.
Sometimes it frustrating.
I'm convinced that in both cases,
God is working on me.
My prison ministry mentor is Ron Kidwell. Ron got me into prison ministry and keeps spurring me on.
I've been on
the following Bill Glass events (as best as I can recall):
- May 2005 - Noble Correctional DOC
- May 2006 - Noble Correctional DOC
- July 2006 - Columbus
WOC (Ross & Chilcothe Correctional)
- Aug 2006 - Youngstown
WOC (Lake Erie Correctional)
- Oct 2006 -
Akron DOC (Glen something jail in Akron)
- May 2007 - St. Clairsville DOC
- July 2007 - Cleveland
WOC (MANCI)
- Oct 2007 - Mochican
DOC
- May 2008 - Noble Correctional DOC
- July 2008 - Findlay
WOC (Northcentral Correctional)
- Aug 2008 - Cook Co. Jail WOC
- July 2009 - Cleveland WOC
- Aug 2009? - Cook Co. Jail
- May 2010 - Findlay WOC - Marion Correctional (only went one day)
- Oct 2010 - Cleveland DOC - Cuyahoga Juvenile
- May 2011 - Dayton WOC
- Madison Correctional
- June 2011 - Columbus DOC, Scioto Juvenile
- March 2012 - Dayton DOC - Montgomery Co. Jail
- April 2012 - Delaware DOC, Scioto Juvenile
- July 2012 - Columbus WOC - Marion Correctional Institution
- Aug 2012 - Youngstown DOC - Trumbull
CI.
- Sep 2012 - Noble
Correctional, Caldwell, OH
- May 2017?? - Bob Ray Memorial event, Mansfield Correctional
- Sept. 25, 2021 - Madison
Correctional
- May 21, 2022 - Noble Correctional, OH Day of Champions (Caldwell, OH)
- June 25, 2022 - Mansfield Day of Champions (on the organizing team for this one, but did not go into the prison.
- July 16, 2022 - North Columbus DOC.
November 2022 - I begin a new phase of prison ministry. I'll be teaching Prison Fellowship's Academy at MANCI here in Mansfield.
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