We are a Faith based prison outreach program.  The program is open to any female regardless of their faith background.  We are  teaching four (4) Bible studies in three (3) prisons:  Dwight, Lincoln & Decatur women’s facilities. 

Mission Statement:  Open Heart Prison Ministries’ purpose is to give women the opportunity to study and learn that their true significance can only come through the eyes of God and how He sees them, not how society sees them.  We encourage the women to become involved in a local church upon their release.  This connection with churches has a huge impact on the spiritual growth of each individual.   As stated in a poem:

What I Need

I need a strength to keep me true.   And straight in whatever I do;
I need a power to keep me strong, when I am tempted to do wrong;
I need a grace to keep me pure, when passion tries its deadly lure;
I need a love to keep me sweet, when hardness and mistrust I meet;
I need an arm to be my stay, when dark with trouble grows by day;
And nothing on earch can these afford, but all is found in Christ my Lord.

We have a passion to help these women become more productive citizens in their communities.   We have been called to step up and help those that may have been forgotten or have been passed by.  “The Spirit of the Sovereigh Lord is on me, because the Lord has annointed me to preach good news to the poor.  He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,...”