International (MNN) – “Billy Graham once said the inmates of the world are an unreached people group, and I totally believe that.”
Greg Von Tobel with Prisoners for Christ says amid prisoner communities, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Especially outside of US ministries, there is often a dirge of prison ministry workers. But Von Tobel says his team’s calling is irrevocable.
“We stand firm. We continue to march.”
For laborers with Prisoners for Christ, that means serving prisoners in more than 160 countries. From hosting medical clinics to offering Bibles, Christian resources, and prayer support, Von Tobel says his team is taking Christ to some of the world’s darkest places.
“There are many – especially in some of these dark jungle prisons of Africa – many people who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ before,” he says.
The story is similar in densely populated India and its neighbor Pakistan.
“Every country has a prison system, and many people come to know Jesus while in prison,” Von Tobel points out.
He sees prisons as one of God’s great gifts to mankind.
“Because it can be the last bastion where a lost soul will come to know his creator face to face,” he says.
Please pray that prison ministries like Prisoners for Christ would be adequately resourced to serve inmate populations around the world. Pray that God would raise up volunteers to contribute to this effort and that hearts would be pricked to tell prisoners about God’s great rescue mission: one which proclaims liberty to all captives.
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