Prison Congregations - Mission Statement

PCA Mission

...to collaborate with Christian denominations
and prison officials so that prison congregations are
established in state prisons across America.

Why a prison congregation...

Currently there are 12 prison congregations in eight states...

P.C.A.'s mission is to have a prison congregation in every state!

Prison Congregations Are Needed in America

	To respond to the Biblical command to "visit the imprisoned"

	To provide American mainline congregations a viable means to effectively engage in ministry within prison walls

	To assist Christians, both lay and clergy, in sharing personal ministries of Christian love, care and nurture with prison inmates

	To allow Christian inmates a community of faith through which they might grow and share in their faith and be supported in Gospel evangelism

Purposes Within This Mission Are...

	To educate and inform Church and prison officials of the concepts and potentials of prison congregations

	To guide and support denominations in developing and establishing prison congregations in states across the U.S.A.

	To provide specific training and help task forces as they work to establish congregations -- specifically membership organization, volunteer training, clergy training and financial development

	To provide ongoing support and guidance to congregations after their formation, serving as a national clearing house and "trouble-shooting" resource

Prison Congregations of America
P.O. Box 415, Vermillion, SD 57069-0415
Phone: (800) 417-6692 / (605) 624-8330 FAX: 605-624-3123
Pastor Ed Nesselhuf pastored@prisoncongregations.org