By PNW Staff
September 10, 2026
Its intensive Prison Fellowship Academy emphasizes #responsibility, #integrity, #productive #work,# community and #restoration. #Prisoners are challenged to confront the thinking that led to their crimes, understand the damage #inflicted upon #victims and begin making different choices.
One movement offers power over others. The other teaches service to others.
One tells prisoners to identify an #enemy. The other commands them to love their enemies.
One can use fear to produce outward #submission. #Christianity calls for voluntary #repentance and an inward #transformation that only #JesusChrist can #accomplish.
Most importantly, the #Gospel does not tell a prisoner that his crimes were society’s fault or that #violence against #unbelievers can restore his honor. It tells him that he is #guilty—but not beyond redemption. He must #repent, accept #responsibility and receive a #forgiveness he could never earn. That forgiveness then becomes the foundation for a transformed life.