Prisoners For Christ Strategic Plan 2024-2030
Prison Ministry Training Part One Getting Started in Prison Ministry
Modern-day prison ministry can feel like an uncertain and daunting path to navigate alone. Even for those who feel the calling, it can be a challenge to understand how best to begin. Now you can learn time-tested and proven methods from one of the world’s most renowned experts in prison ministry. An unrivaled training guide, Prison Ministry Training, Basic Training Part 1: Getting Started in Prison Ministry is composed of multiple sections for the reader. Once complete, you will have an understanding of: • Why one might pursue prison ministry • The biblical reasons for participating in prison ministry • How prison ministry changes lives — for the inmate, as well as the volunteer • The enormity of the prison ministry mission field • The five steps in starting on your own journey in prison ministry • The six steps in growing a prison ministry • The four divisions of prison ministry • An appendix that provides valuable insight into the differences in ministry between jails and prisons
Unlike any other book on prison ministry, Prison Ministry Training is a completely innovative and contemporary approach to this ministry. With the tools learned, you will have the power to help individuals transform into someone with newfound purpose in God’s Kingdom. Prison Ministry Training Part Two Volunteer Recruiting, Training, and Oversight
If you have ever worked with volunteers, you know leading volunteers can be like herding cats. Volunteers are often self- absorbed marching to a different drummer. The author, Gregory E. Von Tobel, having over thirty-five years of working with volunteers’ shares his lessons learned. In this groundbreaking book, Mr. Von Tobel, using Exodus 18 as a backdrop, outlines the best practices in running a volunteer organization, recruiting volunteers, training, and oversight of volunteers. In this book, you will learn: • The hot potato approach to expanding a prison ministry • How and where to recruit volunteers • Recruiting the younger generation — the millennials and Gen Z • Learning the character traits of a valued prison ministry volunteer
• Understanding the code of conduct for volunteers • Understanding the different levels of contraband • Understanding the responsibilities of a group leader
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