SO HELP HIM CONTINUE TO PREACH AND TEACH THE BIBLE BEHIND BARS
Sources:
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/18upr9yfup0514_sum.pdf
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when inmates participate significantly in faith-based programs that include regular Christian teaching and preaching, Bible study in small groups, and inmate religious service, they experience life-transformation, prison violence decreases, and recidivism rates drop drastically.
YET STUDIES SHOW THAT . . .
83 percent are arrested for new crimes after their release and go back to prison.
AND
700,000 are released each year.
95 percent will be released at some point.
2.3 million men and women in prison in the U.S.
THE REALITY IS . . .
Throughout his twenty-eight plus years of ministry, Jack has counseled, preached, and taught inside local city and county jails. For the past ten years, he has ministered inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary as an adjunct professor in the Faith-Based Initiative program for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and as a volunteer preacher at least twice each month in the at-large worship services. Scores of inmates have come to faith in Jesus Christ and been helped through his public preaching, personal evangelism and discipleship, small group teaching, and biblical counseling. Jack baptizes new inmate Christians in special worship services on the prison grounds. The goal is to broaden the MSP volunteer ministry and expand the prison ministry to include other prisons.
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSIDE MISSISSIPPI STATE PENITENTIARY (PARCHMAN PRISON)
Each unit inside the prison now has a Christian church led by an inmate pastor who graduated from the Faith Based Initiative Program with an undergraduate degree in Christian Ministry through New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The churches are led by a leadership team chosen by the inmate pastors. The leadership team inside Unit 26 has asked Dr. Manor to come weekly, and teach Christian Leadership. The following is a schedule.
JUNE - MID-AUGUST
Practicing the Presence of God
Dr. Manor leads students through a study of the biblical basis for living life with constant awareness of God's presence, how to practice the presence of God, the benefits of living and serving Christ in full recognition of His presence, and disciplines that must be developed in order to practice the presence of God.
2024
Leadership Lessons from the Apostle Paul
Dr. Manor leads students through a study of John MacArthur's book, Called the Lead: 26 Leadership Lessons from the life of the Apostle Paul.
DECEMBER - FEBRUARY 2025
The cost of the books is $12.18 each plus tax through Amazon. 1P26 is providing the books at no cost to inmate students. To give a donation in order to help us provide these books, click here.
MID-AUGUST - NOVEMBER
Being Servant Church-Builder
Dr. Manor leads students through a study of the biblical basis and practical aspects for committing, as one called to Christian leadership, to serving wholeheartedly for the growth and upbuilding of Christ's church, His body, His bride, God's eternal family.
