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Mary Mortenson,
Executive Director
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My first taste of prison
ministry was about 15 years ago when my husband, Jack, and I began worshipping
with the St. Dysmas congregation in the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux
Falls. Little did I know that I was experiencing the “PCA model.” What I did
know was that I was experiencing worship that was liberating and holy. Over the
years we conducted services at the Sioux Falls trustee unit, and I served on the
Associate Council for St. Dysmas. Along the way, my path crossed professionally
with Pr. Ed Nesselhuf and PCA, and I began doing fund raising and promotion work
for PCA.
By the time Pr. Ed announced
his intention to retire, I had fallen in love with PCA, its promises and its
possibilities. In May 2008, I accepted the call to become the second director
of this fine organization. Simply put, the PCA model works and potential
churches on the inside and those established ones on the outside deserve to
experience all that the model offers. The church on the inside is reminded
every day of the saving grace of Jesus Christ, and the church on the outside is
renewed. It doesn’t get much better than that.
I invite you to join the PCA
Board of Directors, the pastors of PCA congregations all over the country, and
myself in this amazing adventure. We are always grateful for your donations,
for that is the primary support of the ministry. Do you think this might work
in your area? Contact me and together, we’ll see what we can do. My job is to
work with you and other key players to plant a successful denominationally
organized congregation in a prison near you. Together, with God’s grace and
guidance, we can do it! |
