PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Greg Von Tobel President & Founder
Dear Friends and Stakeholders, G reetings beloved. It is my honor each year to write this letter to those who have given so much to the ministry in the past year. Once again the Lord has given us an increase in 2024. We, and all who labor for the cause of Christ in prisons around the world, have been blessed in so many ways. The close of 2023 marks two years after the pandemic. In many ways things are back to normal, but in many areas things are still struggling to return to normal. You will see on our statistics page that our attendance broke the one million mark with 1,260,123, our second highest year in our history! In addition, over 49,000 inmates made a commitment to the Lord Jesus last year. Praise the Lord! Worldwide, our co-workers conducted 9,005 services under the PFC banner in 2023. This a record year. That breaks down to 24 PFC services being conducted every day. One thing that the pandemic did was give us a new set of lenses through which to view the work of the ministry. We used this time and new perspective to review many documents and procedures. One such document was our strategic plan, buried deep in the archives of our server. When an archaeologist comes across an incredible find, he cleans it up and puts it on display. That is what we have done with the strategic plan. We dusted
it off and gave it a new name, calling it PFC’s Seven Year Strategic Plan. This strategic plan was always an internal document, but not anymore. We are putting it out there for all to see. If the annual report is a glimpse into the not-to-distant past, the strategic plan is a glimpse into the future. With that in mind, I am honored to present to you, our friends, stakeholders and constituents, not only PFC’s Annual Report, but also the revised, post-pandemic Seven Year Strategic Plan. They are bookends that should be read in tandem. Navigating ministry is like a highway with many lanes, and we need to make sure we stay in our own lanes. This Seven Year Strategic Plan helps us do just that.
As you read through this plan, please continue to lift up the staff, the Board, and the Seven Year Strategic Plan to the Lord for His glory. It is a new world and we must be trained and ready for battle. President and Founder, Greg Von Tobel
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