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Worship Behind the Razor Wire
A growing number of prison churches offer community for convicts.
Charles Honey | posted 3/13/2009 10:24AM
Two dozen men in orange and blue prison suits came forward, singing a spiritual as they received Communion from two ordained ministers.
"Hallelujah, we're going to see the King," they sang in warm baritone voices. Theirs was joyful worship at Celebration Fellowship, a church founded late last year inside the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan.
In this prison congregation, affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church, convicted murderers and drug dealers read Scripture, lead prayers, and sing hymns with volunteers from nearby churches.
"They treat us like human beings," inmate Eric Jewell, 41, said of the visitors. "You can feel the sincere love they have for us."
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I can think of no better place to show the Love of Christ than a prison. God Bless these people and I pray that they accept Him and serve Him.
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