The Field Ministry Support Kit
We deliver a Field Ministry Support Kit to every new Field Ministry Prison, for the exclusive use of the Field Ministry Team at that prison. The Kit contains nearly a hundred carefully selected theological resource books for the Field Ministers to prepare their Bible Studies, sermons, and counseling sessions; it also contains 800 "leave behind" counseling booklets on a wide range of subjects, to be left with inmates in crisis who might find help from a Biblical counseling approach; as well as two new Dell computers and a compatible printer, with supplies. These items are all made possible through the generous support of our donors.
Texas Field Ministry
For nine years, The Heart of Texas Foundation has spearheaded the vision for Field Ministry in Texas. As of 2019, Texas Field Ministers have successfully served the male prison population for more than five years. Currently 162 Field Ministers serve in 33 prison units across Texas or 55% of the male prison population within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Graduation at Darrington, 2019! Thirty-four new Texas Inmate “Field Ministers”
Our Graduation in 2019 marked the fifth class of thirty-four inmates who are now equipped with four-year Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies degrees, awarded by the accredited Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Seminary PhDs taught these men for four years of full time study. These men are now approved by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to be transferred to seven other prisons in Texas, in teams of 4-5 men, where they will be given unprecedented access to move about their prisons and minister to the inmates. One Hundred sixty-four men are now serving as Field Ministers in these 33 Texas men's prisons.
Women’s Prison Seminary Initiative
After nine years of having our Southwestern Seminary at Darrington prison — for men — we have now gone to work to establish a similar seminary for the women in Texas prisons. All of our partners and our donors are ready to begin, and we are working behind the scenes to help bring this exciting vision into an historic reality. We estimate we will be ready for our first class, in 2020! It will be located in the Hobby Unit prison for women, in Marlin, Texas. Please pray for us and for the women in Texas prisons.
The Field Ministry Support Kit
When our teams of inmates graduate from our Southwestern Seminary at Darrington Penitentiary, and they are transferred to other prisons in Texas, they need resources for beginning their new ministries. We have developed the concept of the “Field Ministry Support Kit”, which we take to every Field Ministry Team in each new prison to which they go. Each Kit costs approximately... [Read more...]
Texas Field Ministry
For nine years, The Heart of Texas Foundation has spearheaded the vision for Field Ministry in Texas. As of 2019, Texas Field Ministers have successfully served the male prison population for more than five years. Currently, 162 Field Ministers serve in 33 prison units across Texas or 55% of the male prison population within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Men serving extremely long sentences... [Read more...]
Graduation at Darrington, 2019! Thirty-four new Texas Inmate “Field Ministers”
Our Graduation this year marked the fifth graduating class, thirty-four inmates, who are now equipped with four-year Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies degrees, awarded by the accredited Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Seminary PhDs taught these men for four years of full time study. These men are now approved by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to be transferred to seven... [Read more...]
Women’s Prison Seminary Initiative
Women’s Prison Seminary Initiative After nine years of having Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Darrington prison — for men — we are working now to establish a similar college for the women in Texas prisons which will be called Scarborough College for Women at Hobby (the undergraduate college of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary). The men’s school at Darrington will... [Read more...]