June 7, 2011 
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Redemption Homes is part of a very successful focus on planting indigenous churches in the local regional jail.
Rather than following the old model of always bringing outside ministers and ministries into the jail, we’ve been trying the Biblical pattern of starting vibrant fellowships where people live – which in this case happens to be the jail! – and showing them how to minister to each other.
June 6, 2010 4 Comments
This Sunday, like most Sundays, I will be fellowshipping with the “Church in D Pod” at the local jail.
D Pod is a unit housing around a hundred men, and God has been pouring out his new wine in an exciting way among those inmates.
Last year, I started shifting my focus from “conducting” church services “for” the men. God was challenging me to start mentoring and training them instead to “be” the church by learning to minister one to another.
February 12, 2009 1 Comment
Ministering to folks who’ve been abused, abandoned or exploited requires a special grace. To find healing, people often need someone who can help them push through the defenses and rationalizations they’ve erected in response their hurts. But when they get to the source of the pain, and transparently surrender their self-perceptions and beliefs to Jesus, they find that He tenderly brings healing and wholeness.
We routinely minister to people dealing with issues that exceed anything you might imagine. But God shows up in amazing ways, and men and women find freedom in just one or two sessions from profound emotional and spiritual bondage.
