Our Vision

Hope in the waiting

We have a simple vision. We want to reimagine prison ministry.

We want to help individual churches (little “c”) be the Church (big “C”) and bring hope to the temporary widows and orphans left by those incarcerated while they wait for their reunion.

We have begun to flesh out a pilot program of family care ministries through local churches. These ministries will specifically target the temporary widows and orphans of incarcerated individuals for the primary purpose of reducing the stress of waiting for their reunion, thereby strengthening their respective marriages and families and bringing them hope in the waiting.

Our secondary purpose is demonstrating the viability of the program for a potential partnership or brand launch with a nationally recognized and established ministry (such as Prison Fellowship or Promise Keepers). We essentially propose establishing an Angel Tree-type program (as popularized by Prison Fellowship at Christmastime) for the other 364 days of the year. It would include both the wants (like Christmas gifts) and needs (the material realities of fatherless or motherless home) of the families of the incarcerated. 

Our mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize the church to obey a direct command of Christ by meeting the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of the forgotten and hidden victims affected by incarceration.

When a husband is hospitalized, that sets wheels into motion within the church to care for his temporary widow and orphans. If a woman tragically passes, similar machinations occur seemingly automatically. But what happens when a parent faces incarceration? The church has no historical flywheels in place that begin spinning, and the temporary widows and orphans of the incarcerated face a long and lonely wait.

During my incarceration from 2012 to 2016, Pam and I had an exceptional support structure. And because of that, we didn’t just survive the experience; we thrived. But we don’t think our exceptional experience should be the exception. So we seek to inspire, equip and mobilize churches to be the church for these families.

Won’t you get involved?

Grace and peace—while we bring hope in the waiting,

Delton de Armas
Executive Director