May 28, 2025

Colorado Prison Initiative Reaching Unreached People Group

by D. L. Jones, PhD, Director of the Mid-America Colorado Prison Initiative

D. L. Jones, PhD; Director of the Mid-America Colorado Prison Initiative

Mid-America has partnered with Prison Seminaries Foundation of Colorado to train incarcerated men to be missionaries behind bars. Instead of typical prison ministries that visit prisons occasionally, incarcerated men are being trained to share the Gospel within their prison community as they live among them.

May 24, 2023

Equipping Prison Missionaries

by Mid-America Communications

The Mid-America Prison Initiative began with its first program at the Varner Unit in Gould, Arkansas, offering a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies to inmates. On May 12, 2023, the first 18 graduates walked across the stage at Varner and accepted their diplomas.

Jul 6, 2022

The Need for Changing Prison Culture

by D. L. Jones, PhD, Director of the Colorado Prison Initiative

Mid-America has begun its second prison ministry, establishing a fully accredited degree program at the Limon Correctional Facility in Limon, Colorado. The article below is an update from Dr. D. L. Jones, Director of the Colorado Prison Initiative.