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(RNS) — The wildly popular show is the first multiseason drama to hit Floodlight, a free streaming platform launched by Prison Fellowship in March 2020.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Prison Fellowship Board of Directors today named Heather Rice-Minus as the next president and CEO of the ministry, effective July 1, 2024....

By Grayson Pope www.prisonfellowship.org Darryl Brooks lived for the streets. He was using marijuana at 10 and selling drugs by middle school. He continued to sell as an adult, until he caught law enforcement’s attention and received a 50-year sentence. Five years into his sentence, Brooks trusted Jesus for his salvation. He says, “God wrecked my life, and I ain’t been the same since.” In 2000, he was transferred to the Carol S. Vance Unit in Richmond, Texas, where his wrecked life was rebuilt into something much stronger. After arriving at the Carol S. Vance Unit, Brooks enrolled in ...

COVID-19 accelerates ministry moves and shifts work arrangements. Kate Shellnutt| Image: Courtesy of Prison Fellowship The sizable suburban Washington, DC, campus that headquartered Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship will soon belong to another evangelical nonprofit: the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). The ministries announced plans Friday to sell the 11.3-acre property in Lansdowne, Virginia. Back in 2005, Colson’s ministry—which then included Prison Fellowship, BreakPoint, and the Colson Center—built the campus for around $19 million, including a three-story office bu...

The Saddleback Church pastor developed the popular Christ-centered 12-step program for “hurts, habits, and hang-ups.” Kate Shellnutt| Image: Courtesy of Saddleback Church / Edits by Christianity Today Celebrate Recovery founder John Baker, who turned his testimony recovering from alcoholism into a biblical 12-step program used by more than 7 million people, died unexpectedly on Tuesday at age 72. Baker’s ministry began in 1991 at Saddleback Church in California and has spread to 35,000 churches nationwide over the decades. Celebrate Recovery is credited with helping d...