Forty men at the Lexington Correctional Center in Oklahoma are enrolled in the Prison Divinity Program offered through Oklahoma Baptist University.
The men will be able to earn a bachelor of arts degree in Christian studies, which will be accompanied by an internship with the prison chaplain.
After completing the four-year degree, inmates will be sent out in teams into other prison facilities throughout Oklahoma to serve as field ministers, the Baptist Messenger reported.
MinistrySafe, which equips churches and ministry programs to better protect children from sexual abuse, is offering a free once-a-month webinar series starting Feb. 26.
“We are one generation away from having no more missionaries.”
Dallas Baptist University student Emma Dilley saved a man’s life after performing CPR on him. He was suffering from an asthma attack.
Longtime Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers Murray and Marjorie Johnson have brought the hope and love of Jesus Christ to countless victims of tragedy since they first learned of the ministry nearly 30 years ago.
