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Prison Fellowship Ministry seeks volunteers to counsel prisoners

Mar 19, 2012 News

In an effort to enable prisoners to become better persons once they are reintegrated into society, the Prison Fellowship Ministry is seeking volunteers to help inmates develop life, social and parenting skills.
The Fellowship’s key method in accomplishing this mission is to equip and empower local churches and volunteers to reach out to prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families, with the love and hope of God. This initiative however, is only for those who show evidence of wanting to change. The fellowship believes that the first step is by taking responsibility for the wrong they have done and considering what the victims have gone through.
“The Prison Fellowship is seeking to expand and enhance a network within society to solicit volunteers and train them as counselors for ex-prisoners and the victims of crimes, as well as the families of these,” Reverend Dr. Faye Ingrid said as she addressed the voluntary gathering at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Georgetown on Friday.
The members of the fellowship believe that the core cause of crimes is a moral and spiritual problem, which will be targeted accordingly.
“When people have distorted values and attitudes, they make poor moral choices that can cause harm and destruction. Since the problem is such, the solution must also be moral and spiritual. 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 start to think in a new way, act in a new way and relate to others in a new way.”
The organisation is also there to advocate for better facilities for prisoners, since it is realised that they adapt to the kind of surroundings they are placed in.
“If you lock a man up, in a place that is nasty and not conducive, he will only become meaner and more vicious,” Ingrid said.
According to The Prison Fellowship Ministry’s website, it is a national, nonprofit organisation founded in 1976 by American, Charles Colson. Colson was incarcerated and could not forget those he had left behind prison walls.
He launched Prison Fellowship to give prisoners the opportunity to experience the radically transforming power of Christ that he had already experienced.
This later became an international aim as representatives of Prison Fellowship work with incarcerated men and women to help them prepare for release back into the community. Inside prison, volunteers and staff share the Gospel, disciple and mentor prisoners, and help them develop the life skills, social skills and parenting skills that will increase their chances of success on the outside.
Ingrid noted that they have seen many changes in those, with whom they were able to interact, and will continue to help others by spreading the faith.
Anyone willing to volunteer can make contact with Ingrid at www.flamesforjustice.com.

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