Instructions
Course Description:
A complete guide to jail and prison ministry. Includes guidelines for visiting and writing inmates, conducting group services inside an institution, reaching out to families of inmates and ministry on death row.
Course Objectives:
- Provide references for the scriptural mandate for prison ministry.
- Explain why believers should be involved in prison ministry.
- Articulate the spiritual goals of jail and prison ministry.
- List the social goals of jail and prison ministry.
- Summarize what the Gospel has to offer prison inmates.
- Determine your role in prison ministry.
- Summarize the spiritual qualifications for a prison ministry worker.
- Identify four areas of preparation vital to effective prison ministry.
- Summarize the steps for starting a prison ministry.
- Identify various types of ministries which you might provide in an institution.
- Prepare and submit a proposal for prison ministry.
- Recruit and train volunteers.
- Explain how to get started corresponding with an inmate.
- Summarize guidelines for corresponding with inmates.
- Explain why personal visitation is an important ministry.
- Explain how to get involved in one-on-one visitation with inmates.
- Summarize guidelines for visiting individually with an inmate.
- Identify various group meetings that can be conducted in jails and prisons.
- Summarize guidelines for conducting group meetings.
- Explain why inmates’ families are often in crisis.
- Identify ways in which you can minister to inmates’ families.
- Summarize guidelines for ministering to inmates’ families.
- Explain how to start a ministry to death row inmates.
- Discuss guidelines for ministering to death row inmates.
- Explain how to help a death row inmate prepare to die.
- Identify common needs of ex-offenders.
- Describe types of post-prison ministries.
- List steps for starting a post-prison ministry.
- Determine your role in post-prison ministry.
- Demonstrate understanding of institutional security levels.
- Discuss differences between jails and prisons.
- Discuss common inmate typology.
- Explain how to deal with inmates who maintain their innocence.
- Describe dress codes applicable for all penal institutions.
- Summarize safety codes applicable for all penal institutions.
- Give guidelines for surviving a hostage incident.
- Explain the first rule for relating with inmates.
- Summarize guidelines for relating to inmates.
- Define a “setup,” explain how it occurs, and how to avoid it.
Course Requirements:
Read entire study guide.
Complete all chapter study questions.
As you complete each chapter you need to go to the Site-Wide Activity Feed and post a comment about something that interested or impacted you as you worked through the lesson. Make sure that you begin your comment with the course name and lesson number. You also need to post comments on two other students recent comments on courses they are currently taking.
Click here to post a comment in Site-Wide Activity at the end of each chapter.
Complete writing assignment.
Pass final exam.
Writing Assignment:
Write a 750 word paper discussing at least three of the Course Objectives. This paper must be sent by email along with your final exam.
Course Study Guide:
Course Final Exam Answer Sheet:
When you have completed all of the lessons for this course, you will need to download the Answer Sheet for the Final Exam. The download button is located in the toolbar at the bottom of the form. Print out the answer sheet and use it to record your answers for the final exam. We would like for you to scan and return your completed answer sheet to us by email. If you don’t have the ability to scan on your computer, there are many smart phone Apps that have the ability to scan documents.
Course Final Exam: