In a cancel culture, grace and mercy often fall by the wayside. However, Heather Rice-Minus, president and CEO of Prison Fellowship, a ministry serving the incarcerated and their families, believes everyone deserves a second chance.
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That’s why her organization launched Second Chance Month in 2017, an effort to support men and women with a criminal record looking to restart their lives on a positive footing.
Each year, Prison Fellowship designates April as a time of reflection and action to take steps that help formerly incarcerated people overcome roadblocks to success.
With bipartisan appeal, both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have issued proclamations in support of Second Chance Month.
And Rice-Minus said every Christian should openly herald this message.
“If we believe in the message of grace, if we believe in the message of redemption, then we have to believe it, not just selectively, but for everyone,” Rice-Minus told CBN News. “And, so, that includes people who are in prison.”
She said this doesn’t mean everyone will definitively make positive change, but that Christians are “supposed to believe that, through Christ, anyone can change.” This, she said, is one of the most encouraging elements of the Gospel.
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