Living Stones' Prison Ministry

Living Stones International is a Marriage, Family and Education ministry. As “The Healing Technicians” our organization is sensitive to various situations families are faced with such as the incarceration of a father, mother, son or daughter. The challenges that children and families with incarcerated parents face are significant. Not only do they face the trauma of loss, but also a range of economic and social challenges that result from incarceration. As a volunteer Chaplain, I need your financial support. Living Stones is striving to prepare a harvest that will be like a “sweet aroma” to the Lord.

Throughout the United States more than 650,000 inmates are released from Federal and State prisons each year and returned to their families and communities. Over two-thirds of those returning inmates will be rearrested within three years of their release from prison and two out of five will be re-incarcerated without any type of intervention from our community, churches, or non-profit organizations. The statistics demonstrate that an unemployed ex-offender is three times more likely to return to prison than an employed ex-offender.

On any given day in America, it is estimated that more than 1.5 million children have a parent incarcerated in a state or federal prison. And more than 10 million children are living with a parent who has come under some form of criminal justice supervision at some point in the child’s life. Our ministry is active and on the front line ministering and counseling inmates. Our goal is to reduce recidivism and help inmates maintain a victorious Christian lifestyle once released.

Our objective is to rebuild offenders’ families ties (during incarceration and after reentry into the community), and promote stable families and neighborhoods. Living Stones’ goals are to provide offenders with educational, vocational, and job placement services. This will facilitate their successful reentry into their neighborhoods and communities.