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Prisons: Breaking the chains
Published: 20th Sep 2010
MANDY OGUNMOKUN, a senior key worker in a British prison, was once behind bars herself. Her early life was turbulent, with abuse and a broken home. She struggled with addiction and her crimes landed her in jail. Talking to Jesus Life she said that in prison she felt "safe"; it was familiar territory, inhabited by people with similar backgrounds to her. Only when she came out did she...
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Prisoners given keys to heaven
Published: 20th Jan 2007
When Nick Drummond was on remand in Lewes prison after police caught him with a cache of hard drugs, he was told he would serve a maximum of two years. But his lawyer didn't bargain on prison chaplain David Powe and extraordinary religious revival sweeping the jail.
Mr Powe visited Drummond in his pornography-festooned cell and asked: "Do you want to know God?" Their...
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The Valiant sixty
Published: 24th Jul 2006
MOST of the first group of Quaker missionaries were weavers, tailors, serving-girls or shopkeepers. Many of them were in their twenties, some their teens, a handful over forty. Few had any real education, let alone theological training. They relied on the infilling of the Holy Spirit the 'inner light' that Fox knew and preached - and burned with faith and zeal for Christ. This group...
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