Prisons stories

21 Dec 2021

Giving Bags of Hope

This Christmas, we’re on a mission to show those in prison the love of Jesus and share the true meaning of Christmas with them.

14 Sep 2021

‘Thanks to Jesus, I finally love myself and others’

We caught up with prisons worker Paul to hear all about what God’s been doing through Message In Prisons.

09 Aug 2021

This is an important question for us all. We caught up with Rosie, our Prisons Outreach Worker, about what happened when she challenged the lads in a Young Offenders Insititute to think about themselves, faith and how they find peace in a turbulent world.

26 Jul 2021

Finding freedom in Jesus

As our work in prisons continues to grow, we caught up with Owain, our Wales Prisons Outreach Worker to find out what he has been up to and hear some of his highlight moments.

20 Apr 2021

The father I’ve always wanted

After Lewis had a dream about Jesus in his prison cell, he has been hungry to learn more about God. Now he sees God as his loving Father in Heaven!

27 Jan 2020

On the inside, looking out

In the week before Christmas Rosie, our London prisons worker, ran a prayer project in the prison where she works.

03 Dec 2019

Taking Respect ME into prison

Since October our team in Wales have been taking Respect ME lessons into a prison in South Wales. This is the first time these lessons have been taken into this prison. We’ve delivered lessons covering topics including self-esteem and bullying.

13 Oct 2019

15 years of prisons ministry

It’s been 15 years since I joined The Message as a Prisons Outreach Worker. I always thought I’d stick around for no more than five years, but here I am! I’d never stepped foot inside a prison before and to be honest I was a little apprehensive. I believed that I’d clearly heard from God […]

11 Oct 2019

My fresh start

We met Dennis at the house his building team are helping to renovate. To see him laughing and joking with everyone it’s hard to imagine what his life was like before he met Christ.

07 Jun 2019

Urban Hero Awards 2019 – Dennis’ story

Meet Dennis. Winner of the Transformation Award at this year’s Urban Hero Awards.