Correctional Ministries Program Development and Evaluation

This course equips those who minister in correctional settings to administer programs that help offenders encounter God and transform their life.

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This course equips those ministering within correctional and community settings to research, plan, and administrate a ministry program that provides learning experiences to help offenders and ex-offenders encounter the person of God, the truths of His Word, the power of His Holy Spirit, and to transform their thinking and behavior while developing basic life skills.

  1. Determine both a biblically based theology of mission with the incarcerated and a vision and mission with your specific correctional ministry program that serve as personal foundations for theory and praxis.
  2. Create a ministry program that provides transformation, motivates key stakeholders, and limits problems and liability.
  3. Apply evidence-based practices to your ministry program development.
  4. Describe the unique characteristics and diversity issues of offenders and their implications for ministry program development and the creation of learning opportunities.
  5. Develop volunteer recruiting, orientation, selecting (screening), training, placing, ongoing tech-support, and evaluation strategies.
  6. Discuss the person and the work of the Holy Spirit in the process of teaching, learning, and spiritual formation.
  7. Evaluate existing programs, instructional settings, educational materials, and contemporary curriculum models in order to accomplish ministry purposes.
  • This course helps you to see the need to have an excellent ministry program for prison ministries and other ministries that would utilize volunteers.

    — Martha, United States
  • This study was thought provoking, interesting, and resourceful in my attempt to defining what ministry to pursue. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience.

    — Anyawa, Canada
  • It was very challenging, but extremely helpful and informative. I feel that it taught me many things that I can begin to apply right away to my ministry.

    — Rhonda, United States
  • [What I liked best about the course was] the practical nature of the material. It is immediately useful to my situation.

    — Heinrich, United States
  • It teaches how to take the theoretical good intentions and made them practical. It is not easy but necessary. The pieces (readings and discussion questions and [optional activities]) fit together as puzzle pieces.

    — Marcia, United States

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Course Details

  • High Effort
  • 24 Lessons
  • 24 Min Average Lecture
  • Course Award

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Chaplain R. Steve Lowe