Overview and Objectives

There are many volunteers, chaplains and reentry workers serving in correctional ministry from all walks of life and faiths. In this course, we will focus on what it means to be a Christian called to serve in correctional ministry and what biblically-based ministry looks like. This lecture provides an introduction to the corrections ministry mission field, the people impacted and the biblical foundation for providing Christian ministry.

When you complete this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
A person in your church states, “Do the crime, do the time.” How would you respond?