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Vision Statement

I was in prison and you came to me ... Truly, I say to you, to the extent that you did it unto one of these...of mine, even the least of them, you did unto me." "Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me."
(Matthew 25:36, 40; John 12:26)

The vision of the Prison/Jail Aglow Prison Ministry is to:

To go wherever women are incarcerated
To tell the good news of Jesus Christ
To bring life and hope through faith in Him
To minister through prayer and fellowship
To love unconditionally with the love of God
To lead women into praise and worship

Ministry reports

MINISTRY REPORT FROM TEXAS

You asked for a report on our prison ministry. We have a "team" of five that is made up of some Aglow women and some women from the local church. We minister on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to women at the Carole Young Medical Facility of the Texas Prison System in Texas City, Texas. On Tuesdays we do personal ministry, inner healing prayer, and some Bible Study. We just finished the Aglow study called "Shame: the Thief of Intimacy", which was a real eye-opener for the women. It is exciting to come to the end of the study and see them sitting wide-eyed and not wanting to leave, just feeling at peace and loved.

On Wednesdays we also offer Bible Study, and group prayer time. We really have favor with the officers, who often let us know who needs extra prayer, and which women are not well enough to attend the study but need prayer in their rooms. We are free to go into their rooms and sit down to pray or talk. It is very different from the normal prison setting, and gives us more opportunity to speak into their lives and show how much we care.
On Thursdays, some members of the team go to the University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital in Galveston where several floors are designated for prisoners who are seriously ill. There are usually three men or three women in a room. Often we have to "suit up" in masks and robes and gloves to enter rooms where there are serious infections. The inmates are usually "right on the edge" emotionally, and we always have salvations and many times have Baptisms in the Spirit and emotional healing. We have also seen many healings, and many "hopeless" situations turned around. God works so powerfully in that setting that we can just "ride the wave" and watch the anointing flow! We take Christian literature into the rooms, and offer services like writing a letter to a loved one for them if they are unable to do that, or referring them to the Chaplain's office if there are special needs.
I probably don't have to tell you that we get more out of this than the inmates do!! We are sometimes blown away at the awesome way that God works and it is such an honor to be a part of this ministry. At the Texas City facility we are able to mentor and disciple and see these women bloom under God's hand. In Galveston we "buzz like bees", depositing God's message into each one, knowing that they will move on and we will not see them again, and yet their lives are changed. We thank Him for the opportunity that He has given us...to God be the glory!!

National Aglow Prison Reports