Mr. Jackson
@mrjackson
Potomac Prison Ministry

About Us

What do we do?

  1. To create Prison Ministry Teams for jail, prison and assists chaplains in meeting the spiritual needs of inmates and staff throughout the Potomac Conference territory.

 

  1. To encourage prisoners, former prisoners and members of their families to become Christ’s disciples and responsible members of His church and community.

 

  1. To provide a Conference-wide collaborative of re-entry and family ministry services to meet the social and spiritual needs of persons recently released from incarceration and to the families of prisoners.

 

  1. To provide training, recognition and support for Christian fellowship, in order that PCPM members can become more effective in their work.

How do we carry out our Mission?

  1. Through our professionally trained volunteers and instructors, we conduct at least several comprehensive prison ministry training courses a year.
  1. We provide free consultation and assistance to churches of the Potomac Conference in developing and/ or maintaining a prison ministry program and/or helping with getting into prisons or jails As volunteers we are always to reflect Christ and to follow the instructions of the institution.
  1. We hold Conference-wide and regional training and meetings that provide opportunities to fellowship, growth in God’s work and share prison ministry information and ideas ( best practices).
  1. We provide speakers ( free of charge ), for the Sabbath Worship Service, to churches of the Potomac Conference, on a Sabbath that has been designated to promote Prison Missionary Day.

WHY ADVENTISTS VISIT JAILS AND PRISONS

Four reasons jails and prisons are our missionaries:

It is a places where Jesus ministered through us (Matt. 25:36, 44 KJV)

It provides the Church with an opportunity to carry out the Great Commission that Jesus gave us, to  “…go…into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15)

It enables Christians to continue Jesus’ mission to this world “to seek and save” lost sinners. (Luke 19:10) 

It permits the Holy Spirit to work through human agents in getting criminals to see the need to allow Him to change their hearts from hard to soft, and thereby be ready to embrace a new life-style based on Christian principles. (Jeremiah24:7)