Prison Fellowship International on LinkedIn: “The Prisoner’s Journey made me rethink the trajectory of my life and how… (2024)

Following her father’s imprisonment, Liza's mother could not make ends meet. Liza was sent to live with her aunt with the hopes that life would be better there. While her aunt has been a source of strength and support, providing Liza with the resources to succeed was difficult. It was during this time of uncertainty and worry that The Child’s Journey stepped in. Read how the program transformed Liza's life at https://lnkd.in/e-wAH5Kv

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Over the past two years, we have worked with digital partner TaroWorks to optimize The Child's Journey's case management system. These improvements are ensuring that children receive the interventions and engagement they need to succeed. Taroworks' recent blog post highlights the improvements facilitated by the new digital case management system. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eduPPFg4

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One of the greatest assets that we have is the dedicated prayer of supporters like you. We have some requests that we would love for you to join us in praying for! 🙏Our partners around the world running The Child's Journey share their prayer requests with us about the needs of their ministry and those they serve.

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Receiving an education is one of the essential building blocks to help children realize a future beyond the cycle of crime. With a primary provider absent, families face new challenges and daily hardship, leaving many children of prisoners financially unable to afford basic school supplies. Together, we ensure that vulnerable children of prisoners receive the resources, tools and support needed to thrive in school. To date, our children's programs have provided education support to more than 17,000 children across the world. Learn more at pfi.org

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Andy Corley, our President and CEO, recently joined Mike Sherbino on his show, The Perspective to talk about following God and the Good News of Jesus Christ into prisons around the world. Listen in as Andy and Mike chat about how lives are being transformed in some of the darkest places on the globe: https://lnkd.in/eWVEgwXp

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Miguel is one of more than 803,000 prisoners across the world who have graduated from The Prisoner's Journey (TPJ). This transformational program is having a lasting impact on those in prison and changing prison communities – for good. Officials at Miguel's prison in Santiago, Chile, reported that there were an average of three homicides per month in the prison before the program's launch there in 2015. As prisoners have participated in and graduated from the program, violence has drastically reduced. There have been no homicides in the prison since 2020 – praise God! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eKQXu2Sv

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Through both The Child's Journey and PromisePath, children and caregivers receive age-appropriate scripture resources that are used to help children navigate through life's toughest difficulties while growing spiritually. These resources are not only helping the children learn what God's Word says, but how to apply it to their lives and remain on the right path in the future. 🌟 These children in Nigeria are shown with their precious new scripture resources, either Treasure Hunt Bibles or Living the Story (a publication that contains Bible stories, activities and other stories about children in similar situation).

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Are you a self-starter who takes initiative and can lead various projects from concept through execution while managing executive operations? Do you have a heart to share the Gospel with those in prison and their families to break the cycle of crime? If so, you might be the perfect fit for our team! We are looking for a full-time Executive Assistant to provide essential support to our CEO, COO and Board of Directors. 📄 Apply below:

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Tomás and Jakub, two young drug addicts in the Czech Republic, became friends immediately once they met. They started spending lots of time together, selling drugs and supporting one another.The drugs eventually took their toll on the men and started tearing them apart, destroying the core of their being. Their characters and priorities changed. They started badmouthing, stealing from and generally hurting each other. They hated each other to such an extent that revenge and retaliation followed, leading to both of their incarcerations. Even though they ended up in different prisons, the hatred didn’t stop. They spent their evenings thinking about how they would get back at each other when they got out.They had no idea that their paths would cross sooner than they imagined – standing side-by-side, face-to-face in the same prison as they had both enrolled in #ThePrisonersJourney.They began sharing their lives, explaining each other’s point of view and apologizing to each other. The idea of forgiveness started taking shape. With each subsequent meeting, their relationship flourished. They started cooperating and reading the Bible together. Out of hatred came a new, true and pure friendship – one without drugs. They promised they would pursue revenge no more and were sad the program was ending. Not only did they learn about Jesus, but they also forgave each other and became friends once more.

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