Restoration is possible
The Book of Acts in the Bible talks about God arranging the times and places of everyone’s lives in order that they might seek Him and find Him. (Acts 17:26-27)
In some life stories, He’s found while serving a prison sentence.
Lifeline Global Ministries is inspiring and equipping men, women, families, churches, and communities to develop godly fathers and mothers regardless of their circumstances.
We work to teach and shepherd incarcerated women and men into becoming the godly parents they are meant to be – that they can be through the transforming power of the Gospel.
Our primary avenues of ministry are through the Malachi Dads and Hannah’s Gift programs – both book series written by and for incarcerated mothers and fathers – one-day Returning Hearts Celebration events, and international ministries around the world.
Read some of our stories of how God is at work all over the world.
Restoration is possible
The Book of Acts in the Bible talks about God arranging the times and places of everyone’s lives in order that they might seek Him and find Him. (Acts 17:26-27)
In some life stories, He’s found while serving a prison sentence.
Lifeline Global Ministries is inspiring and equipping men, women, families, churches, and communities to develop godly fathers and mothers regardless of their circumstances.
We work to teach and shepherd incarcerated women and men into becoming the godly parents they are meant to be – that they can be through the transforming power of the Gospel.
Our primary avenues of ministry are through the Malachi Dads and Hannah’s Gift programs – both book series written by and for incarcerated mothers and fathers – one-day Returning Hearts Celebration events, and international ministries around the world.
Read some of our stories of how God is at work all over the world.
Located one hour northwest of Baton Rouge, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the U.S. More than 5,000 inmates reside there. Many are fathers to a collective 20,000 children. Most are serving life sentences with virtually no hope of ever leaving.
The warden in October 2003, Burl Cain, invited Awana Co-Founder Art Rorheim and then-President/CEO Jack Eggar to speak to the prison’s fellowship of Christian men.
What they found was inspiring.
The inmates recognized their role as spiritual leaders of their families and wanted an evangelism and discipleship program established to reach their children.
From that visit, what is now known as Lifeline Global Ministries was born.
In the years since then, two programs – Malachi Dads and Hannah’s Gift – have come to life.
The Malachi Dads program offers four books that guide inmate fathers to become godly men and fathers. One of the books, “Psalm One – The Blessed Man”, is a six-lesson study written by the Malachi Dads at Angola.
The women’s program, Hannah’s Gift, offers inmate mothers the opportunity to have spiritual impact on their children’s lives following the example of Hannah in 1st Samuel. This program has three books. One of the books, “Psalm 23”, is written by the women at Lousiana Correctional Institution for Women.
What We Believe
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. It is our guide for daily living.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of the lost and sinful men. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit; by His indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. This is where true moral rehabilitation takes place.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. As a community of believers, we welcome our incarcerated brothers and sisters in Christ, into our fellowship.
We believe man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin and in that sense is lost; this is true of all men, and except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Salvation is by grace through faith in Christ who His own Self bore our sins in His own body on the tree; the retribution of the wicked and unbelieving and the reward of the righteous are everlasting and as the reward is conscious, so is the retribution.
We believe man’s chief end in life is to honor and glorify Almighty God.
