Hundreds of prison inmates at a Mississippi correctional facility praised Jesus and were touched by “the presence of God” earlier this month. As a result, more than 100 incarcerated men gave their lives to Jesus, and more than 50 took part in a spontaneous water baptism, a national prison ministry reports.
God Behind Bars works to restore the lives of inmates by building their faith during incarceration and after their release. Nearly every week, they report on the impact their ministry is having on the more than the two million people locked up in the prison system.
Earlier this month, hundreds lined up in a prison gym at East Mississippi Correctional Facility (MDOC) to hear the testimony of former gang member and ex-inmate Johnny Chang, who was raised in a violent home, and trapped in a gang, but found Jesus in solitary confinement.
