πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Domestic Church Series #6: Grace Inside Ministries

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Domestic Church Series #6: Freedom Behind Bars — Grace Inside Ministries

Posted on: May 27, 2025
Author: Project DISK

⛪ Church Name: Grace Inside (Church-Based Prison Ministry)

πŸ“ Location: Richmond, Virginia (Statewide reach in VA)
πŸ•Š️ Denomination: Interdenominational

πŸšͺ Ministry Where the Church Meets the Incarcerated

Grace Inside isn’t a traditional church with a sanctuary—it’s a network of chaplains and volunteers embedded in Virginia’s state prisons.
Founded in 1920, it is the only organization in Virginia that provides full-time chaplains in every state correctional facility.

Its mission: “To place Christian chaplains in Virginia’s prisons to bring the transforming grace of Jesus Christ to incarcerated men and women.”

✝️ Gospel in the Hardest Places

  • Weekly worship services inside prisons

  • Bible studies for new believers and seasoned inmates alike

  • Baptisms, counseling, and grief care for inmates separated from family

  • One-on-one discipleship led by chaplains and local church volunteers

🀝 Partnerships with Local Churches

Churches from all over Virginia partner with Grace Inside to:

  • Train and send prison ministry volunteers

  • Support ex-inmates through re-entry programs

  • Host letter-writing and Bible correspondence ministries

πŸ—£️ A Testimony from Inside

"I was sentenced to 20 years. I thought God had abandoned me. But when Chaplain Harris sat with me, prayed with me, and told me that grace still applies to me...
I wept. For the first time, I felt free."
— Darnell S., inmate at Greensville Correctional Center

Grace Inside reminds us that no wall is too thick for the Gospel.

Even in prison, freedom is found when grace walks in.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ κ΅­λ‚΄ ꡐ회 μ‹œλ¦¬μ¦ˆ #6: 감μ˜₯ μ•ˆμ˜ 자유 — 그레이슀 μΈμ‚¬μ΄λ“œ κ΅λ„μ†Œ 사역

μž‘μ„±μΌ: 2025λ…„ 5μ›” 27일
μž‘μ„±μž: Project DISK

⛪ 사역λͺ…: 그레이슀 μΈμ‚¬μ΄λ“œ (Grace Inside)

πŸ“ μœ„μΉ˜: λ²„μ§€λ‹ˆμ•„μ£Ό λ¦¬μΉ˜λ¨Όλ“œ (λ²„μ§€λ‹ˆμ•„ μ „μ—­ κ΅λ„μ†Œ λŒ€μƒ)
πŸ•Š️ ꡐ단: 초ꡐ파 사역

πŸšͺ κ΅νšŒκ°€ κ΅λ„μ†Œ μ•ˆμœΌλ‘œ λ“€μ–΄κ°€λ‹€

그레이슀 μΈμ‚¬μ΄λ“œλŠ” 전톡적인 의미의 κ΅νšŒλŠ” μ•„λ‹™λ‹ˆλ‹€.
μ΄λŠ” λ²„μ§€λ‹ˆμ•„ 주립 κ΅λ„μ†Œμ— μƒμ£Όν•˜λŠ” μ „μž„ μ±„ν”Œλ¦°(κ΅λ„μ†Œ λͺ©μ‚¬)λ“€κ³Ό μžμ›λ΄‰μ‚¬μžλ“€μ˜ λ„€νŠΈμ›Œν¬μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
1920년에 μ„€λ¦½λ˜μ–΄, ν˜„μž¬ λ²„μ§€λ‹ˆμ•„ λͺ¨λ“  주립 κ΅μ •μ‹œμ„€μ— λ³΅μŒμ„ μ „ν•˜λŠ” μœ μΌν•œ 곡식 기독ꡐ μ±„ν”Œλ¦° μ‘°μ§μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ΄λ“€μ˜ 사λͺ…은 μ΄λ ‡μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€:
“λ²„μ§€λ‹ˆμ•„ κ΅λ„μ†Œ μ•ˆμ— 예수 κ·Έλ¦¬μŠ€λ„μ˜ λ³€ν˜μ  μ€ν˜œλ₯Ό μ „ν•  수 μžˆλ„λ‘, 기독ꡐ μ±„ν”Œλ¦°μ„ νŒŒμ†‘ν•˜λŠ” 것.”

✝️ κ°€μž₯ μ–΄λ‘μš΄ 곳에 μ „ν•΄μ§€λŠ” 볡음

  • κ΅λ„μ†Œ λ‚΄ μ£Όκ°„ μ˜ˆλ°°μ™€ μ°¬μ–‘ λͺ¨μž„

  • μ΄ˆμ‹ μžμ™€ μž₯κΈ° λ³΅μ—­μžλ“€μ„ μœ„ν•œ 성경곡뢀

  • κ°€μ‘±κ³Ό λ‹¨μ ˆλœ μˆ˜κ°μžλ“€μ„ μœ„ν•œ 상담과 애도 지원

  • μ±„ν”Œλ¦°κ³Ό 지역 ꡐ회 μžμ›λ΄‰μ‚¬μžλ“€μ˜ μΌλŒ€μΌ μ œμžν›ˆλ ¨

🀝 지역 κ΅νšŒμ™€μ˜ ν˜‘λ ₯

λ²„μ§€λ‹ˆμ•„ μ „μ—­μ˜ κ΅νšŒλ“€μ΄ 이 사역에 λ™μ°Έν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€:

  • κ΅λ„μ†Œ 사역 μžμ›λ΄‰μ‚¬μž ν›ˆλ ¨ 및 νŒŒμ†‘

  • μΆœμ†Œμž μž¬μ •μ°© ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨ 운영

  • μ„±κ²½ 필사 및 νŽΈμ§€ ꡐλ₯˜ 사역 후원

πŸ—£️ ν•œ 수감자의 간증

"20λ…„ν˜•μ„ μ„ κ³ λ°›κ³  절망 속에 μ‚΄μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜λ‚˜λ‹˜λ„ λ‚  버리신 쀄 μ•Œμ•˜μ£ .
그런데 μ±„ν”Œλ¦° ν•΄λ¦¬μŠ€κ°€ 제 μ˜†μ— 앉아 ν•¨κ»˜ κΈ°λ„ν•˜κ³ , ‘ν•˜λ‚˜λ‹˜μ˜ μ€ν˜œλŠ” 아직 λ„ˆμ—κ²Œ μœ νš¨ν•˜λ‹€’κ³  λ§ν–ˆμ„ λ•Œ…
μ €λŠ” μšΈμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έλ‚  처음으둜 자유λ₯Ό λŠκΌˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€."
— 닀넬 S., 그린슀빌 ꡐ정센터 수감자

그레이슀 μΈμ‚¬μ΄λ“œ 사역은 μš°λ¦¬μ—κ²Œ λ§ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€:

λ³΅μŒμ€ μ–΄λ–€ 벽도 뚫고 λ“€μ–΄κ°€λ©°, 감μ˜₯ μ•ˆμ—μ„œλ„
참된 μžμœ λŠ” ν•˜λ‚˜λ‹˜μ˜ μ€ν˜œλ₯Ό λ§Œλ‚  λ•Œ μ‹œμž‘λœλ‹€λŠ” 것을.

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