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The prison issue is a critical one for our country. Our only solution to-date is to build more prisons. Yet we cannot seem to build prisons fast enough. Not only that, but nearly 60% of those inmates released find their way back into prison within three years after their release. The cost to taxpayers and society in general is high in terms of dollars, property, and human life.
Reconciled Ministries is on the cutting edge of prison and drug work. We work with prisoners to see them not just rehabilitated, but transformed through the changing power of Christ and His gospel. The purpose of our work is not to just go in and "talk at" the inmates. We don't want to have an inmate audience watch what we do. We train and teach them to be responsible before they ever leave prison, so they can be responsible after they leave. If they do not learn that there, their chances of learning it on the outside are slim. It's our belief that men and women don't need to get free from jail until they get free from the things that have gotten them into jail. The only way they can get free, is to make a radical, total commitment to Jesus Christ and the principles for living found in the Bible.
1. Foundations For Freedom... Designed to help those who are about to re-enter society remain free.
2. Lions' Den Seminar... A six-part weekend retreat conducted in jails and prisons. The focus is on the book of Daniel in the Old Testament and presents Daniel as a model of how a prisoner should react to and in his captivity. This retreat is available on videotape and is appropriate for Bible studies both in and out of prison setting.
3. Get Smart Drug Presentation... A one-hour talk directed to junior and senior high school youth to warn of the deceptive dangers of drug usage.
4. Leadership Training Seminar... This is offered to inmates who are interested in pursuing serious Christian discipleship. This is a twenty week course that involves a great deal of outside work on the part of the individuals. The goal of the class is to build churches in prisons.
5. Weekly Bible Studies...Regular teaching and question and answer sessions in local jails and prisons throughout North Florida and Southern Alabama.
6. Annual Prison Workers and Chaplains Retreat... This three-day conference is designed to minister to and strengthen those with prison ministries.
7. Get Free Magazine... Written primarily by those directly involved with a prison ministry. This publication is written to help people "Get Free" from the things in their character that caused them to go to prison.
8. Speaking the Truth in Love Course... A 30 hour course on how to prepare and deliver messages that people will remember.
The ministry functions under the direction of the Board of Directors. Administration is carried out by Jim Britnell, the Director. Every program offered by Reconciled Ministries, including the one-on-one counseling, and the Leadership Training, are provided free of charge. Reconciled Ministries receives no County, State or Federal funding; it relies solely on the Lord using churches, individuals, and local businesses as instruments of support. Reconciled Ministries, Inc. has a nonprofit organizational status relative to IRS regulation 501 (c)(3). All contributions are tax deductible.
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of recon ciliation. that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18- 19
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RECONCILED MINISTRIES, INC.
P.O. BOX 36115
Pensacola, FL 32516-6615
(904) 457-7175
