Welcome to Yokefellow Prison Ministry

Welcome to Yokefellow Prison Ministry. We are glad you stopped by!

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WEEKLY MEETINGS MON, TUE, & THU @ 7:00 p.m.

Yokefellow Prison Ministry Remembers Jerry D. Murray

 

Yokefellow Prison Ministry remembers Dr. Jerry D. Murray, who was one of the co-founders of this ministry. His memory lives on through the ministry he helped establish in North Carolina. Numerous lives have been changed because of Dr. Murray’s passion for “the least of these.” May God bless his family during this time of grief.

Yokefellow meeting with volunteers and inmates seated in small groups.

Yokefellow Prison Ministry is an interdenominational, racially-diverse Christian ministry of reconciliation begun in 1969 (and incorporated in 1972), which includes both lay and clergy, male and female. It is founded on the idea that people’s lives are changed through committed relationships.

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The ministry is conducted by trained volunteers who lead weekly meetings of small groups inside North Carolina’s correctional institutions. Yokefellow is a ministry of listening, sharing, caring, encouragement and support rather than a ministry just focused on worship, preaching, teaching, counseling, or Bible study. Our Christian volunteers from the “outside” are yoked in fellowship in a way that touches the hearts of those on the “inside” through the weekly small group meetings based on Christian fellowship.

Smiling inmate at a Yokefellow meeting  Yokefellow meeting with volunteers and inmates seated in small groups.

The Biblical foundation of our commitment is the invitation by Christ our Lord in the Gospel of Matthew 11:29-30:

“Take may yoke upon you, and learn from me;
for I am gentle and lowly of heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Yokefellow meeting with volunteers and inmates seated in small groups.

Yokefellows (both “inside” and “outside”) accept and live by the Yokefellow Disciplines of Prayer, Scripture Reading, Worship, Money, Service, Witness and Study, as well as a commitment to the weekly Yokefellow meeting.

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Objectives

The objectives of Yokefellow Prison Ministry are:

  • Yokefellow meeting with volunteers and inmates seated in small groups.To provide an open and inviting setting for residents of our correctional institutions to examine their lives, talk about their faith and search for direction and purpose with others who are committed to do the same.
  • To offer opportunities for inmates to build relationships with Yokefellow volunteers in the weekly group meetings, thereby lessening their separation from the “outside world” and helping them prepare for a transition back into productive contribution in society.

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