About Us
There is close to three million prisoners now in the United States and that population is growing at a compounded rate of well over 2 percent a year. What will the future bring?
One answer is the creation of God Behind Bars in the very city God, according to some, supposedly had forgotten, “Las Vegas.” But we have remembered the lost, as God’s heart is in anguish until all of His children return to Him. God’s prompting and the skyrocketing number of incarcerated men and women in the United States has led directly to the founding of this unusual ministry. God Behind Bars has a four step strategy that is unique and one of a kind. God Behind Bars has developed a four-step strategy that will allow a person to have full life change instead of some life change. God Behind Bars intends to partner with churches and faith-based organizations around the world to stream live, dynamic, high-quality worship experiences into prisons all over the world.
God Behind Bars intends to introduce prisoners to God’s life-changing principles, thereby helping them turn their broken road of failure into a solid pathway of personal success. God Behind Bars will use some of the best relational teachers and speakers in the United States.
Since studies have shown that 90 percent of inmates have struggled with addiction at one level or another, we also will use the highly successful faith-based recovery programs, primarily using “Celebrate Recovery” founded by Saddleback Church in California in the 1990’s.
Once inmates are empowered to let go of their addictions and move forward in their lives, they will then go through an extensive re-entry program preparing them with the necessary skills and credentials it takes to succeed in the free world.
Finally the ex-inmate will go through God Behind Bars’ faithful aftercare program. The ministry pledges to walk with and care for each former prisoner who completes the three prerequisite steps. Among some things that will be provided initially by the ministry are temporary living quarters, groceries, gas, a cell phone, clothes, employment training and placement. This is a drastic contrast to the limited supplies ex-inmates normally receive, such as $10 in an un-cashable check for most, the clothes they were arrested and a non-promising encouragement of “good luck!” God is most definitely needed and can provide these current and ex-inmates with all they need and have yet to receive in many places around the world. We are very excited to share love with the unloved!
The goals of God Behind Bars are transformational:
Restore prisoners to their families.
Help them build a strong faith foundation.
Fight addiction.
Lead prisoners to live for others and for Christ.
Prepare them with all the necessary credentials to live a godly and successful life both in their community and in their church that will bless others.
