An article from the local paper on Prison Fellowship: Offering a second chance

Mark Earley was indifferent to the lives of convicts before he started working with Prison Fellowship.

“I was a very unlikely person to work with prisoners,” Earley said. “My general thought was the longer prisoners are locked up the better.”

However, the former state senator and attorney general of Virginia experienced a change of heart while reading the Bible. Earley recognized parallels between the lives of certain biblical figures and the experiences of prisoners. So, in 2002, Earley retired from politics to become president of Prison Fellowship.

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2 comments on “An article from the local paper on Prison Fellowship: Offering a second chance

  1. Philip Snyder says:

    I will never forget my first time in prison. I had the idea that I was going to bring Jesus to these men.

    I discovered that I was visiting Jesus there.

    From April 16-19, I will be visiting Jesus again.
    Please visit my blog (http://deaconslant.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-kairos-time-again.html) and sign up to pray for me during this next Kairos weekend.

    YBIC,
    Phil Snyder

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