S4 44: The Church in Prison With Heather Rice-Minus

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Many assume prison is the last place to encounter God. But He is powerfully at work there through His people, both inside and out, fulfilling the promise to “proclaim liberty to the captives” and “set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18). Heather Rice-Minus, CEO of Prison Fellowship, has witnessed this firsthand in her work for prison reform and restorative justice. She joins Sarah to share the remarkable ways God is working today to redeem and restore people in the prison system.

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0:00.0	registration is now open for the Great Lakes Symposium on Christian World View, which is on Thursday, July 25th at 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
0:11.8	John Stone Street, my husband, is going to be joined by Elisa Childers and Ryan Baumberger of the Radiance Foundation.
0:19.0	And the topic for the evening is going to be truth and its counterfeits, discerning the lies that take people captive.
0:26.5	This event is free and you can attend in person in Bay Harbor, Michigan, or online via live stream.
0:33.4	Register today at great lakes symposium.org.
0:39.1	That's great lakes symposium.org.
0:43.8	I hope to see you there.
0:45.3	Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story.
1:06.0	We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman
1:12.3	and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. I'm your host Sarah Stone Street.
1:18.8	I'm so glad you're here.
1:23.4	Hey everyone. I'm so glad you're here today. My guest is Heather Rice Minus, who is the president and CEO of Prison Fellowship. Now, for those of you who don't know, Prison Fellowship was also founded by Chuck Colson, who founded the Colson Center for Christian World View as well. So we love what they're doing at Prison Fellowship. And I can't wait to share with you about ways to get involved and stories that Heather has from being the CEO at Prison Fellowship.
1:50.2	She's got some great things for us to learn today.
1:52.9	So I'm glad you're here.
1:54.5	Also, another thing about Heather is she has two little girls, seven and four, and she and her husband live in Northern Virginia. So, Heather,
2:03.0	thank you so much for coming. It is my pleasure. And the fun thing is that we are at the
2:07.5	Colson Center National Conference together, so we're actually in the same room, which doesn't
2:11.9	always happen on the Strong Women podcast. So that's a treat. Yes, it's so fun to see you.
2:16.3	Yes. Well, I want to start with Little
2:18.3	Heather. Where did you grow up? Like, what was your childhood like? Christian family? Yes.
2:23.3	Okay. My parents, both very strong believers. And actually, when I was born, they were serving as
2:29.8	missionaries with the navigators abroad on the island of Cyprus. And so my first passport picture is when they
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