EQUIPPING YOUR CHURCH TO MINISTER TO EX-OFFENDERS

 

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ISBN: 0965662500

Pages: 104

Cover:  Softcover Laminated
Author: Louis Jones

Edition Date: 02/01/2000

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Prison ministry does not end at the prison gates.  In any area of the country where there is a prison or a jail, or where ex-offenders reside, there is a need to help incarcerated men and women make a successful transition from prison to society.  These 104-page manual gives practical, Biblically-based instructions on starting such a ministry, whether through the local church, or as a separate ministry working with the local church. This manual includes the following topics:

    • WHO ARE EX-OFFENDERS, AND WHY SHOULD THE CHURCH REACH OUT TO THEM? 
    • WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO GET THE CHURCH INVOLVED?
    • THE GOAL OF EX-OFFENDER MINISTRY
    • INITIAL PREPARATION FOR THE EX-OFFENDER MINISTRY
    • DEALING WITH RACIAL ISSUES AND CROSS-CULTURAL SITUATIONS
    • FINANCING THE EX-OFFENDER MINISTRY
    • PEDOPHILES AND SEX OFFENDERS
    • GODLY LOVE TOWARD THE EX-OFFENDER-WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
    • DISCIPLESHIP FOR THE EX-OFFENDER: LEAVING THE NETS
    • THE PRUNING PROCESS:  HOW TO DEAL WITH SUFFERING
    • THE SCRIPTURAL BASIS FOR THE MINISTRY TO INMATES AND EX-OFFENDERS
    • SCRIPTURES RELATED TO PRISONERS
    • LEGAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF YOUR MINISTRY 
    • STARTING AN AFTERCARE CENTER
    • BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED
    • THE WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT ACT
    • FEDERAL AND STATE BONDING FOR EX-OFFENDERS

About the author:
Louis Jones is the founder and executive director of Conquest Offender Reintegration Ministries. A native Washingtonian, he has been working with prisoners and ex-offenders since 1989.  He is a member of  the Board of Directors of Mennonite Central Committee, East Coast, and volunteers with the local chapters of Prison Fellowship Ministries and CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants). He attends Christian Conquest Fellowship, an inner-city church located in the Trinidad section of NE Washington, DC, where he serves as assistant pastor.