Overview:
As a Prison Ministry Advocate, you'll help Mission Delafé bring the hope of Jesus into correctional facilities by building strategic relationships with prison chaplains and advocating for testimony-sharing opportunities. This role requires passion for justice, redemption, and reaching the incarcerated with the transforming power of Christ.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage our Pando App account (prison streaming platform) by uploading testimonies, thoughtfully responding to comments and letters from incarcerated viewers, scanning and organizing incoming letters into our internal cloud storage, and prayerfully helping vision and develop future content and outreach opportunities within the prison ministry.
- Research and identify prison ministry opportunities in target regions
- Build and maintain relationships with prison chaplains and prison administrators
- Advocate for Mission Delafé's testimony ministry within correctional facilities via outreach and prospecting
- Coordinate opportunities for potential testimony recordings with incarcerated individuals
- Navigate institutional requirements and clearance processes
- Develop partnership proposals for prison outreach initiatives
- Maintain a database of prison ministry contacts and opportunities
- Communicate ministry vision and impact to potential partners
- Support on-site testimony recording events when appropriate
- Document success stories and ministry impact
- Handle DVD distribution of testimony recordings to prisons
Qualifications & Skills:
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Understanding of the criminal justice system and prison ministry
- Excellent communication and advocacy abilities
- Persistence and patience in navigating institutional processes
- Research and organizational capabilities
- Cultural sensitivity and compassion for the incarcerated
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries
- Understanding of security clearance and background check processes
Spiritual Requirements:
- Professing faith in Jesus Christ
- Heart for the incarcerated and belief in redemption
- Understanding of restorative justice from a biblical perspective
- Passion for bringing hope to marginalized communities
- Commitment to representing Christ with integrity in institutional settings
- Willingness to pray for the incarcerated and prison staff
Equipment Requirements: Volunteers must have access to their own laptop/computer and personal cell phone to complete tasks for this role.
