by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 25, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
On Wednesday, June 26, the state of Texas is scheduled to perform its five hundredth execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Since that time, Texas has executed more people than the next six states combined. Kimberly McCarthy will receive a lethal...
by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 19, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
CBI New Zealand’s prison ministry recently introduced the Manga Messiah course to prisons across the country. Manga Messiah presents the Gospel message in graphic-novel format and, in addition to reaching the children of incarcerated parents, has proven popular...
by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 17, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Although few of us have experienced mandatory sentencing or drone surveillance, we have all been watched by traffic cameras. In a recent article for Sojourners, CBI president Dr. David Schuringa extrapolates from this experience to comment on new trends in criminal...
by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 17, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
In a recent article for Think Christian, CBI president Dr. David Schuringa draws from his experience in prison ministry to argue for the enduring importance of fatherhood. Although society at large has written headship off as irrelevant, Dr. Schuringa proposes that...
by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 7, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Over the past five years, dozens of local jails have adopted new policies mandating that personal correspondence to or from the facility take place via postcard. These policies prevent incarcerated men and women from receiving study materials such as lessons from...
by Eliezer Yeong | May 29, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Thanks to an opportunity to serve as CBI Instructors, seminarians at Westminster Seminary California are gaining hands-on prison ministry experience. For four years, students in Dr. Dennis Johnson’s Ministry of Discipleship course have spent a semester serving as CBI...
