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Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Hobby Lobby Joins Prison Fellowship in Effort to Improve Justice Outcomes in Oklahoma Prison FellowshipMarch 10, 2021 GMT Washington, D.C., March 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship ®, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, has received a multimillion dollar investment from ’ Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. —an American Arts & Craft retail giant.  The investment will help Prison Fellowship continue a multi-pronged, holistic appro...

Prison Fellowship and FAMM hosted a panel to discuss the crack cocaine disparity in the criminal justice system on March 9, 2021. | Zoom The world's largest evangelical prison ministry organization has voiced support for a Democrat-sponsored bill that could eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and cocaine powder in federal sentencing laws that disproportionately affect black Americans. In a reporter's roundtable on Tuesday, Prison Fellowship partnered with Families Against Mandatory Minimums to discuss the difference between how crack and powdered cocaine are punished in...

.   “The Board of Prison Fellowship and the senior management team are thrilled Alliance Defending Freedom will operate on the same property and buildings our founder, the late Charles Colson, dedicated to the Lord.” Prison Fellowship has occupied the current location since January of 2005 after outgrowing its Reston, Virginia, location. As part of the sale, an agreement has been reached with ADF for the ministry to lease space in the building for two years. Prison Fellowship has been a partnering member of ADF for more than two years. “We are thrilled to reach this agreement with ou...

Celebrate Recovery founder John Baker | YouTube/Screengrab Pastor John Baker, founder of Celebrate Recovery — a global ministry born out of the heart of Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church aimed at helping people recover from addiction and other “hurts, habits, and hang-ups” — has died. The Celebrate Recovery National team shared the news of Baker’s death in a social media statement Tuesday. The cause of death has not yet been announced.  “There are times in life when words are totally inadequate in sharing how you feel, this morning is one of those days,” the statement attribut...

Virtual Reporters Roundtable to Discuss Restoration of Access to Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students Seeking to Become Productive Citizens News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Prison Fellowship will host a Zoom virtual reporters roundtable on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 from 11–noon (EST) to discuss the impact of the recent actions of the U.S. Congress in restoring access to Pell Grants for incarcerated students as a provision within the Fiscal Year 2021 omnibus package. Learn more about the impact of the Pell ban for incarcerated...