Impact Report 2025
Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries’ mission is to share Christ’s love and forgiveness to transform lives and break the cycle of crime and punishment. Chaplains, staff, and volunteers offered Bible studies, worship services, life skills classes, and family builder programs to help rehabilitate countless offenders and inmates in 2025. Through face-to-face encounters, counseling, teaching/preaching, and […]
Reentry Center
FJPM’s Transition to Work (TTW) Program began in 2015, and since then, nearly 300 men have completed the program. Nearly 93% of these program graduates have remained free of incarceration. Weekly, program staff from various prisons across North Carolina reach out to FJPM to ask about the TTW program and whether or not the program […]
WBFJ Interviews Mark Hogsed
We are always grateful for the opportunity to work with WBFJ, a great community partner and supporter of FJPM. Recently Mark Hogsed, Executive Director, sat down with Verne Hill for an interview that was aired on Verne’s Sunday@5 show. Mark shared about the ministry and gave an update on our new Reentry Center. Listen to […]
A Day in the Life of Chaplains
At our core, FJPM is a chaplaincy. We exist to share Christ’s love and forgiveness to transform lives and break the cycle of crime and punishment. Our founders met as they individually ministered at the Cherry Street prison. Nearly 50 years later, our current chaplains carry on their legacy. Meet Our Chaplains Reverend Jeff Carter […]
Give the Gift of Love This Christmas
Give the Gift of Love to incarcerated fathers at Forsyth Correctional Center as they share a joyful day with their children.
Prayer Circle 2025
With the prayer circle scheduled for Friday, May 16, 2025, we anxiously watched the weather all week long. But God is faithful and the rain cleared out on Friday. It was humid but clear for the prayer circle. More than 100 people gathered with us on Friday evening to form a circle around the jail. […]
Stilwell Fellowship Hall
In honor of his 36 years of dedicated service to those incarcerated and formerly incarcerated in this community, Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries has named the fellowship hall at the prison chapel for former Senior Chaplain Rodney Stilwell. It will now be known as the Stilwell Fellowship Hall. In a beautiful dedication held on April 3, 2025, […]
Prayer Circle Around the Jail
The annual Prayer Circle Around the Jail will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025. Join us at the Forsyth County Detention Center, on the corner of Church and Second Streets, at 5:15. Prayer time begins at 5:30 and runs until 6:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to pray for those incarcerated in our […]
A Day in the Life of a Chaplain
Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries’ chaplains serve both the offenders at the Forsyth Correctional Center (prison) and the inmates at the Forsyth County Detention Center (jail). Their role is to share Christ’s love and forgiveness, practice the ministry of presence and counsel with both inmates and offenders, as well as the staff at each facility. […]
FJPM Opens New Transition House
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORSYTH JAIL & PRISON MINISTRIES OPENS TRANSITION HOUSEFJPM establishes a new transition house for ex-offenders in Forsyth County. WINSTON-SALEM, NC (March 3, 2025): Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries (FJPM) opened its first transition house on Saturday, March 1, to provide safe and affordable housing for several ex-offenders. “While we have worked […]
