GOD BEHIND BARS INC
HENDERSON, NV

Since 2009, God Behind Bars has partnered with churches around the country to transform the lives of prison inmates and their families. 2. Family Matters is a God Behind Bars program that sets inmates on a journey to reconnect with their family through Christ and help them follow Him. During this phase they also plug in and grow deeper in their faith by jumping into small groups. Studies have shown that 90% of inmates have struggled with addiction, so we offer the successful “Celebrate Recovery” program along side other strong curriculum to help prisoners confront and fight their hurts, habits, and hang-ups. 3. Our re-entry process helps prisoners return to society with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. We help inmates find jobs, housing, and education opportunities; reconnect with family and friends and develop a plan to move forward in healthy ways with the support of a faith-based community. We then continue our relationship with “ex-inmates” to provide ongoing support. Volunteers from the local church meet them at the gate and stay connected in the weeks to come, fulfilling practical needs like housing, groceries, medical treatment, counseling, life skills training, and more. By inviting God into prison and showing His love in tangible ways, God Behind Bars is restoring lives, building faith, fighting addictions, reconnecting families, and giving thousands of inmates hope for the future. Prison often destroys families. God Behind Bars makes them stronger. We are the DOC’s nationally-recognized prison ministry and a bridge to churches that want to make a difference in the lives of prisoners. Click to find out how we’re serving departments around the country. God Behind Bars has allowed us to take the gospel to people we could have never reached otherwise, and lives are being changed in miraculous ways because of it... so cool! Our church still cheers every weekend when we mention our GBB campus! Focusing on people outside of our church walls in this way has been a huge blessing to our church and I would highly recommend this to other churches