Chaplain Leads Prison Staff to Christ

I want to thank you for the Bibles and tracts that were sent to our facility. They arrived on Wednesday.

When I unpacked the box, it was in the presence of a correctional officer. I had witnessed to him two or three months previously but had not seen him since then. He just happened to be our chapel officer of the day.

He started asking spiritual questions and I began sharing with him how I got saved. As I shared my testimony with him I picked up a pack of the tracts you had sent and showed him the back cover where it has the sinner's prayer.

I started opening the pack to give him one. As I did, I opened up the tract, "Are you going to Heaven?", and saw that it was the same tract that had been given to me in high school. All I could say was "Incredible!"

He had earlier asked me if there was some sort of Epiphany where a person knows that God is speaking to him. I told him, "Here it is." I gave him the tract to read because he was just as astounded as I was.

When he finished, I said, "Today is the time and now is the day of salvation." He agreed, bowed his head and asked Jesus to save him. He later said his fiancée was not going to believe that this happened to him in prison!

WHOLLY SANCTIFIED

Posted by Kathleen Skaar - Executive Director

Our vision is to bring Christ to the imprisoned in order to make disciples of all nations. We advance God’s kingdom by imparting the gospel message of new life. We do this is several ways but normally our first step is to send Christian books and Bibles to those behind bars.

Recently as I was sorting through donated books I came across “The Best of A.B. Simpson.” Here is an excerpt from his writings entitled “Wholly Sanctified.”

“This is what the term consecration properly means. It is the voluntary surrender or self-offering of the heart, by the constraint of love, to be the Lord's. Its glad expression is, "I am my Beloved's." It must spring, of course, from faith. There must be the full confidence that we are safe in this abandonment.

We are not falling over a precipice or surrendering ourselves to the hands of a judge. Rather, we are sinking into a Father's arms and stepping into an infinite inheritance. It is an infinite privilege to be permitted thus to give ourselves up to One who pledges Himself to make us all that we would love to be, all that His infinite wisdom, power and love will delight to accomplish in us.

It is the clay yielding itself to the potter's hands that it may be shaped into n honorable vessel for the Master's use. It is the poor street waif consenting to become the child of a prince so that he may be cared for and educated, so that he may be prepared to inherit all the wealth of his benefactor.

How ashamed we may well feel that we ever hesitated to make such a surrender or that we ever qualified it with any condition but His good and perfect will! Have you made this full surrender? If so, how gladly your whole being says "Amen" to all that has been said about the blessedness of being only the Lord's! If not, do it this moment! At His feet of love, prostrate yourself as a whole burnt offering and cry “ out in need and love.

Chaplain Comments

Dear CLI,
We would like to say thank you very much for the donation of Christian books and Bibles for our youth here at the Jackson Juvenile Correctional Complex. It is people like you that make the difference in the lives of the youth.
These books and Bibles are very much in need for the youth. They enjoy reading and these will help so much.
Again, thank you for the wonderful donation to the youth at the Jackson Juvenile Correctional Complex.
Chaplain Voss

CLI Shipments Are Way Up!

Posted by Anders Skaar - CLI Staff

Wow! We have been very busy these last few months at CLI!

(1) Bible donations are way up and
(2) Many churches are doing Christian book drives.

We praise God for his constant provision - even abundance! And we praise God for all the wonderful book and Bible donations, plus our financial partners who have been so generous.

Are you one of them?

Is Your Church a CLI Donor?

Posted by Anders Skaar - CLI Staff

Has your church donated Christian books to CLI this year? CLI sends your wonderful Christian materials to prisons all over the US!

Here are our church donors so far this year:

Alexis Baptist Church Alexis, NC
Alton Baptist Church Alton, VA
Bayleaf Baptist Church Raleigh, NC
Bethlehem Baptist Church (Taylorsville) Taylorsville, NC
Bonita Baptist Church Nocona, TX
Calvary Baptist Church Hattiesburg, MS
Clement Missionary Baptist Church Autryville, NC
Colonial Baptist Church Cary, NC
Concord United Methodist Church Concord, CA
Corinth Baptist Church Elizabeth City, NC
Crabtree Valley Baptist Church Raleigh, NC
Duke Center United Methodist Church Duke Center, PA
Edenton Street United Methodist Church Raleigh, NC
Edgewood Baptist Church Hopkinsville, KY
Emmanuel Baptist Church Raleigh, NC
Emmanuel Open Bible Church Maxwelton, WV
Faith Baptist Church (Durham) Durham, NC
Faith Fellowship Alliance Church Butler, PA
First Baptist Church of Bay St. Louis Bay St. Louis, MS
First Baptist Church of Erwin Erwin, TN
First Baptist Church of Fairburn Union City, GA
First Baptist Church of New Brockton New Brockton, AL
First Baptist Church of Winder Winder, GA
Gospel Tabernacle Church Eden, NC
Grace Lutheran Church Parker, SD
Grace Presbyterian Church Fuquay-Varina, NC
Harpers Ferry Baptist Church Pembroke, NC
Hayes Barton Baptist Church Raleigh, NC
Highland United Methodist Church Raleigh, NC
Hunter Hills Evangelical Friends Church Greensboro, NC
Immanuel Baptist Church Hannibal, MO
Kingwood Baptist Church Moultrie, GA
Korean First Baptist Church Raleigh, NC
LaFayette Baptist Church Fayetteville, NC
Lewisville Baptist Church Lewisville, NC
Logan Street Baptist Church Mt. Vernon, IL
Lupus Baptist Church Jamestown, MO
Memorial Baptist Church Frankfort, KY
New Community Church Raleigh, NC
New Friendship Baptist Church Winston-Salem, NC
New Hope Baptist Church (Oklahoma) Duncan, OK
Nomini Baptist Church Montross, VA
Oak Grove Baptist Church Waxhaw, NC
Olivet Baptist Church Herndon, KY
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Fuquay Varina, NC
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Bogue Chitto, MS
Potecasi Baptist Church Potecasi, NC
Providence Baptist Church Raleigh, NC
Raisinville Baptist Church Monroe, MI
Roanoke Baptist Church Roanoke Rapids, NC
Southside Baptist Church Tyler, TX
Spring Baptist Church Spring, TX
Thompsonville Baptist Church Reidsville, NC
Trinity Baptist Church of Whiteville Whiteville, NC
Wren Baptist Church Piedmont, SC

CLI Redecorated

Posted by Anders Skaar - CLI Staff

We have been redecorating the CLI offices - with wall-to-wall Bibles! We thought you might want to take a look!

To keep up with the pace, we have invited many local youth and college groups to come and help process the books.


Our article in 'Mature Living' magazine has resulted in many church Christian book drives this Spring, plus Bible donations are up.

We praise God for His provision!

CLI Served 298 Prisons in March

Posted by Anders Skaar - CLI Staff

CLI Served 298 Prisons in March! Due to more and more books and Bibles being donated, we were able to serve more prisons. In addition, over 50 new prisons requested wonderful Christian materials from CLI!

They are:

Albany Transitional Ctr Albany GA
Arizona Prison Complex-Eyman Florence AZ
Arrowhead Correctional Center Canon City CO
Beaufort County Detention Center Beaufort SC
Bellamy Creek Corr Facility Ionia MI
Bladen Correctional Center Elizabethtown NC
Boyd Unit Teague TX
Bridgeport Pre-Parole Transfer Bridgeport TX
Briscoe Unit Dilley TX
Byrd Unit Huntsville TX
Caswell Correctional Center Yanceyville NC
Centennial Correctional Facility Canon City CO
Chillicothe Correction Inst Chillicothe OH
Cole State Jail Bonham TX
Cooper Street Correctional Facility Jackson MI
Coxsackie Correctional Facility West Coxsackie NY
Dalhart Prison Dalhart TX
DeBerry Special Needs Facility Nashville TN
Diagnostic & Evaluation Center Lincoln NB
Downstate Correctional Facility Fishkill NY
El Dorado Correctional Facility El Dorado KS
FCC Lompoc Lompoc CA
FCI El Reno El Reno OK
FCI Oxford Oxford WI
FPC Pensacola Pensacola FL
Federal Transfer Ctr Oklahoma City OK
Gib Lewis State Prison Woodville TX
Glades Correctional Institution/TUMI Belle Glade FL
Great Meadow Correctional Facility Comstock NY
Green River Corr Complex Central City KY
Gurney Transfer Facility Palestine TX
High Point Detention Center High Point NC
Holmes-Humphreys Corrections Center Lexington MS
Huntington Work Release Ctr Huntington WV
Iowa Medical & Classification Ctr Coralville IA
Jefferson City Correctional Facility Jefferson City MO
Kern Valley State Prison Delano CA
Kyle Correctional Center Kyle TX
Lebanon Correctional Inst Lebanon OH
Liberty Correctional / Quincy Annex Quincy FL
Lopez State Jail Edinburg TX
Lopez/Segovia Complex Edinburg TX
Macomb Correctional Center New Haven MI
Madison Correctional Facility Madison IN
Manitowoc County Jail Manitowoc WI
Manning Correctional Institution Columbia SC
Marcy Correctional Facility Marcy NY
Marin County Jail San Rafael CA
Marion Adjustment Center Saint Mary KY
Marion Correctional Institution Marion OH
Marion Correctional Institution Marion NC
Marion County Jail Ocala FL
Marion County Jail 11 Indianapolis IN
Marion Regional Juv Det Center Ocala FL
Marion/Walthall Correctional Facility Columbia MS
Mark Lutrell Correctional Center Memphis TN
Mark Stiles Unit Beaumont TX
Marshall County Correctional Facility Holly Springs MS
Martin Correctional Institution Indiantown FL
Martin County Jail Stuart FL
Maryland Corr Inst for Women Jessup MD
Maryland Corr Institution - Jessup Jessup MD
Maryland Correctional Training Center Hagerstown MD
Mat-Su Pretrial Palmer AK
Maury Correctional Institution Hookerton NC
Mayo Correctional Institution Mayo FL
McConnell Prison Beeville TX
McCormick Correctional Institution McCormick SC
McKean County Prison Smithport PA
McPherson Unit (Women's) Newport AR
McRae Correctional Facility McRae GA
Mecklenburg Correctional Center Boydton VA
Mecklenburg County Jail Charlotte NC
Mecklenburg County Jail North Charlotte NC
Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office Charlotte NC
Medina County Sheriff's Office Medina OH
Medium John J. Moran Facility Cranston RI
Menard Correctional Center Menard IL
Mendocino County Jail Ukiah CA
Mercer County Correctional Center Lambertville NJ
Metro State Prison (Women's) Atlanta GA
Metro Youth Service Center Dorchester MA
Metro-Davidson County Detention Nashville TN
Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago IL
Miami Correctional Facility Bunker Hill IN
Michael Unit Tennessee Colony TX
Michigan Reformatory Ionia MI
Mid-State Correctional Facility Marcy NY
Middlesboro Group Home Middlesboro KY
Middleton Unit Abilene TX
Mill Creek Youth Center Ogden UT
Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center Burley ID
Minnesota Corr Facility - Shakopee Shakopee MN
Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault Faribault MN
Minnesota Correctional Facility-Lino Lakes Lino Lakes MN
Minnesota Correctional St. Cloud St. Cloud MN
Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman MS
Missouri Eastern Correctional Ctr Pacific MO
Moberly Correctional Center Moberly MO
Mobile County Metro Jail Mobile AL
Mohave County Jail Kingman AZ
Monmouth County Correctional Institution Freehold NJ
Monroe County Correctional Facility Stroudsburg PA
Monroe County Jail Rochester NY
Montana State Prison Deer Lodge MT
Montcalm County Jail Stanton MI
Montford Unit Lubbock TX
Montgomery City Youth Center Montgomery City MO
Montgomery Correctional Ctr Jacksonville FL
Montgomery County Jail Conroe TX
Morehead Youth Devel Center Morehead KY
Morrison Correctional Inst Hoffman NC
Morrow County Correctional Facility Mansfield OH
Mound Correctional Facility Warehouse Detroit MI
Mountain View Correctional Institution Spruce Pine NC
Mountain View Youth Development Center Charleston ME
Mountainview Youth Corr Facility Annandale NJ
Movimiento Evangelistico Peniel Ocala FL
Mowlds Cottage for Boys Wilmington DE
Mt. Olive Correctional Center Mt. Olive WV
Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility Mt. Pleasant IA
Multnomah County Jail Portland OR
Muscogee Development Campus Midland GA
Muskegon Correctional Facility Muskegon MI
NC Correctional Institution for Women Raleigh NC
NWACCC Admin. Services (Women's) Fayetteville AR
Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Dept Nacogdoches TX
Nash Correctional Institution Nashville NC
Nassau County Corr Facility East Meadow NY
Nassau County Jail Yulee FL
Navajo County Jail Holbrook AZ
Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility Omaha NE
Neuse Correctional Institute Goldsboro NC
New Castle County Detention Center Wilmington DE
New Castle Youth Development Center New Castle PA
New Hampshire Half-Way House Braintree NH
New Hampshire State Prison Concord NH
New Hanover Correctional Center Wilmington NC
New Haven Correctional Center New Haven CT
New Jersey State Prison Trenton NJ
New Life Outreach Ministries Jay OK
New Mexico Women’s Correctional Facility Grants NM
New River Correctional Inst Raiford FL
Newberry Correctional Facility Newberry MI
Noble Correctional Institution Caldwell OH
North Branch Correctional Institute Cumberland MD
North Central Correctional Institution Marion OH
North Idaho Correctional Inst Cottonwood ID
North Kern State Prison Delano CA
North Texas State Hospital Wichita Falls TX
North Texas State Hospital-Vernon Vernon TX
Northeast Arkansas Reg Juv Prog Harrisburg AR
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center Youngstown OH
Northern NH Correctional Facility Berlin NH
Northern Nevada Correctional Center Carson City NV
Northern State Correctional Facility Newport VT
Northwest Florida Reception Center Chipley FL
Northwest Florida Reception Center Annex Chipley FL
Norton Correctional Facility Norton KS
Nueces County Jail Corpus Christi TX
OL Luther Unit Navasota TX
Oahu Community Correctional Ctr Honolulu HI
Oak Ridge Juvenile Detention Center Richmond VA
Oaks Correctional Facility East Lake MI
Oasis Women's Care Center Somerset KY
Odom Correctional Institution Jackson NC
Ogle County Detention Center Oregon IL
Ohio State Penitentiary Youngstown OH
Ojibway Correctional Facility Marenisco MI
Okanogan County Corr Facility Okanogan WA
Okeechobee Correctional Institution Okeechobee FL
Oklahoma State Reformatory Granite OK
Okmulgee County Jail Okmulgee OK
Old Colony Correctional Center Bridgewater MA
Olympic Corrections Center Forks WA
Onondaga County Justice Center Syracuse NY
Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center Orangeburg SC
Oregon State Penitentiary Salem OR
Osborn Correctional Institution Somers CT
Osceola County Corrections Kissimmee FL
Oshkosh Correctional Inst Oshkosh WI
Otisville Correctional Facility Otisville NY
Ottawa Cty Dept Corrections Minneapolis KS
Otter Creek Correctional Center Wheelwright KY
Ouachita River Correctional Unit Malvern AR
PBSO Corrections Administration West Palm Beach FL
Palm Beach Reg Juv Det Center West Palm Beach FL
Palmer Correctional Center Palmer AK
Pam Lychner State Jail Humble TX
Pamlico Correctional Institution Bayboro NC
Park County Jail Fairplay CO
Parker County Jail Weatherford TX
Pasco County Detention Ctr Land of Lakes FL
Pasquotank Correctional Inst-Unit 5 Elizabeth City NC
Pasquotank Correctional Institution Elizabeth City NC
Patuxent Institution Jessup MD
Pelican Bay State Prison Crescent City CA
Pender Correctional Institute Burgaw NC
Peoria ATC Peoria IL
Perry Correctional Institution Pelzer SC
Perry County Jail Marion AL
Perry County Jail Ministry Perryville AR
Philadelphia Alternative Center Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia Detention Center Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia House of Correction Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia Indl Corr Center (Women's) Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia Indl Corr Center Men's Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia Indl Correctional Center Philadelphia PA
Phillips State Prison Buford GA
Pickaway Correctional Institution Orient OH
Pickens County Adult Detention Center Jasper GA
Piedmont Correctional Institution Salisbury NC
Pierce County Jail Tacoma WA
Pike County Correctional Facility Lords Valley PA
Pima County Detention Facility Tucson AZ
Pine Bluff Unit Pine Bluff AR
Pinellas County Jail Clearwater FL
Pitchess Detention Center - North Castaic CA
Pitt County Detention Center Greenville NC
Pitt Juvenile Detention Center Greenville NC
Plane State Jail (Women's) Dayton TX
Pleasant Valley State Prison Coalinga CA
Plymouth County Correctional Facility Plymouth MA
Pocahontas State Correctional Ctr Pocahontas VA
Pocatello Women's Correctional Center Pocatello ID
Polk Correctional Inst Polk City FL
Polk Correctional Institute Butner NC
Polunsky Unit Livingston TX
Pompano Substance Abuse Treatment Center Pompano Beach FL
Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit Quantico MD
Portsmouth City Jail Portsmouth VA
Potomac Highlands Regional Jail Augusta WV
Powder River Correctional Facility Baker City OR
Prairie Correctional Facility Appleton MN
Preston E. Smith Unit Lamesa TX
Prisoners of Hope Ministry Austin TX
Pruntytown Correctional Center Grafton WV
Pueblo County Detention Facility Women Pueblo CO
Pugsley Correctional Facility Kingsley MI
Pulaski State Prison (Women's) Hawkinsville GA
Putnam Correctional Institution East Palatka FL
Putnamville Correctional Facility Greencastle IN
Quehanna Boot Camp Karthaus PA
Quincy Annex Correctional Institution Quincy FL
RFK Children's Action Corps Westboro MA
Racine Correctional Inst Sturtevant WI
Raleigh Correctional Ctr (Women's) Raleigh NC
Ramsey Unit Rosharon TX
Randolph Correctional Center Asheboro NC
Randolph County Jail Moberly MO
Rayburn Correctional Center Angie LA
Regional Correctional Center Albuquerque NM
Restitution Center Union Gap WA
Rhode Island Correctional Cranston RI
Rhode Island Training School for Youth Cranston RI
Rich Hill Youth Development Center Rich Hill MO
Richard J. Donovan Corr Facility San Diego CA
Richland Correctional Institution Mansfield OH
Ridgeland Correctional Institution Ridgeland SC
River Correctional Center Ferriday LA
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Nashville TN
Rivers Correctional Institution Winton NC
Riverside Correctional Facility Philadelphia PA
Riverside Juvenile Hall Riverside CA
Riverview Correctional Facility Ogdensburg NY
Robert Presley Detention Ctr Riverside CA
Robeson Correctional Center Lumberton NC
Robinson Correctional Center Robinson IL
Robinson Correctional Institution Somers CT
Rockingham County Detention Center Brentwood NH
Rockville Correctional Facility (Women's) Rockville IN
Ryan Correctional Facility Detroit MI
SCI Chester Chester PA
SCI Coal Township Coal Township PA
SCI Dallas Dallas PA
SCI Fayette LaBelle PA
SV State Prison Soledad CA
Sago Palm Re-entry Center Pahokee FL
Sampson Correctional Inst. Clinton NC
San Diego Correctional Facility San Diego CA
Sayre CWC Sayre OK
South Bay Correctional Facility South Bay FL
South Dakota Women's Prison Pierre SD
Southern New Mexico Corr Facilities Las Cruces NM
St. Marys Correctional Center St. Marys WV
Stafford Creek Corrections Center Aberdeen WA
Straits Correctional Facility Kincheloe MI
Tamms Correctional Center Tamms IL
Tecumseh State Corr Inst Tecumseh NE
Trenton Correctional Inst Trenton SC
Tulia Transfer Facility Tulia TX
USP Lewisburg Lewisburg PA
Virginia Correctional Center Women Goochland VA
Walton Work Camp Defuniak Springs FL
Wateree Correctional Inst Rembert SC
Westville Correctional Facility Westville IN
Woodbourne Correctional Facility Woodbourne NY
Wyoming Women's Center Lusk WY