US Prison Ministry Set to Deliver 65,000 Christmas “Hope Packs” to Inmates Worldwide
by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent
(Worthy News) – An American prison ministry is set to deliver 65,000 Christmas “Hope Packs” to incarcerated men and women in 18 US states and 20 countries internationally, CBN News reports. There are currently more than 11 million incarcerated people around the world, with over 2 million in the United States.
Based in Virginia, the Good News Global prison ministry has been delivering Christmas “Hope Packs” for three years now, CBN News reports. The packs include a Christmas gift, card, 2025 calendar, food, hygiene items, and the Gospel message. The packs are assembled by local jail administrators and volunteers from local churches.
“Hope Packs represent our greatest outreach to incarcerated persons ever,” Jon Evans, president of Good News Global, told CBN News. “This Christmas, we will put hope in the hands of 65,000 receptive inmates. We believe that everyone has inherent worth in the eyes of God, and providing Hope Packs is a practical and tangible way to demonstrate that to the inmates and jail and prison staff members.”
Reflecting the impact of the Hope Packs, one prisoner told the GNG ministry: “I want to say thank you so much for your Christmas bag and prayers. I have been a strong believer in God my entire life, but just last night, I was actually cussing the Lord. I almost had given up. I told him to show me a sign today or I feel like I couldn’t believe anymore.”
“Then I read the card that a Good News Global volunteer gave me from the Hope Pack and it touched my heart so much I started to cry,” the inmate attested. “To hear and think that someone was thinking of me and praying for me helped me so much.”
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