Women earn unique master’s in ministry behind Tennessee prison bars
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The journey to the moment the dean draped the velvet-rimmed master’s hoods over the women’s shoulders took a long time: 15 years,…
prison ministry
Out-of-this-world fellowship in out-of-the-way Texas town
HUCKABAY, Texas — Texans, as you probably know, take great pride in their state — and in knowing where stuff is in their state. But…
Dedicated to the incarcerated
BATON ROUGE, La. — Over four decades, the inmates of the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women have counted on Glenda Tate. Tate, 73, began volunteering…
Forgiving Carla’s killers
Easter Sunday 1995 was a beautiful day for Roy and Jeanie Willmon. Blue sky. Temperatures in the 70s. Their daughter, Carla, home for the weekend.…
The Meanest Man in Texas movie hitting theaters
I knew Clyde Thompson’s story would die with him if someone didn’t step up to tell it. Labeled as “the meanest man in Texas,” Clyde…
‘Hey, you messed up, but we still love you’
Since his first visit to a Dallas County jail in 1971, Buck Griffith has spent his life taking the Gospel behind bars. A minister for…
Band of sisters
YORK, Neb.— ‘A lot of us come here thinking there is no God,” said LaToya Ross. The 35-year-old is serving a 50- to 70-year sentence for…
Doing justice to prison ministry
LINCOLN, Neb. — Bill Hance was a reluctant convert to prison ministry. The soft-spoken 80-year-old sits at a table outside his small office in an annex…
The church on death row
LINCOLN, Neb. — Shackled at the waist, wrists and ankles, Carey Dean Moore walked down the hallway of the Nebraska State Penitentiary to the room where…
‘Incarceration has saved their lives’
‘Iwould never have listened to you out there.” Norman Dean hears comments like that as he shares his faith behind bars. The Oklahoma native and…
