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Prison Bible programme sees remarkable results

Prison Bible programme sees remarkable results

Andy Corley
Andy Corley

Every movement has a moment when momentum becomes unstoppable. It doesn’t happen overnight — it’s a gradual process that eventually shifts everything. At Prison Fellowship International, that moment is unfolding right now within prisons around the world.

These pivotal shifts are what we call tipping points. A tipping point is a moment when the power of a few reaches a critical mass, when a small percentage of individuals within a system are so deeply transformed that they catalyse broader change. In prison systems, that means when just 20% of prisoners experience a true transformation, the other 80% are affected, ultimately leading to culture and behaviour shifts.

Easter film to be released in prisons

Easter film to be released in prisons

Milla Ling-Davies
Milla Ling-Davies

After being successfully trialled in churches last year, a new evangelistic film telling the story of the thief on the cross is set to launch.

The one-hour film, Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross, is based on a book by Pastor Colin Smith and has been produced by charity Open the Bible in partnership with The Gospel Coalition. Having already been translated into 20 languages, there are now plans for it be shown in prisons across the UK, with the help of Daylight Christian Prison Trust.

From jail to Jesus: Ex-addict’s transformative journey

From jail to Jesus: Ex-addict’s transformative journey

Emily Pollok
Emily Pollok

Just before he received his last prison sentence in 2019, Lewis Gibson was living in a homeless hostel. He’d been warned that he would end up in jail again if he continued on his drug-fuelled lifestyle.

‘I was in despair, because I knew I was going back to prison,’ Lewis explained. At a crisis point, Gibson turned to a United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) devotional he’d picked up during a previous stint in prison. In it, he read Romans 10:13: ‘Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.’

Only Christ truly transforms inmates, says prison governor as she steps down

Only Christ truly transforms inmates, says prison governor as she steps down

Emily Pollok
Emily Pollok

Coming to faith in Christ is the only thing that really transforms people in prison, says a Christian ex-jail governor.

Susie Richardson, Jersey’s prison governor for the past three years, stepped down from her post last month, closing the chapter on a 20-year career in the prison system.

From darkness and guns to God

From darkness and guns to God

Rhoda Hardie

Claud Jackson first held a gun in his hands at the age of six. Now, over 30 years later, he is working as a curate, studying for the ministry and preparing to return to the same London neighbourhoods – but this time with a Bible in his hands.

His story is one of poverty, abuse, drug dealing and violence – and of a life turned round by a loving God who refused to give up on him.