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 […]
FJPM Volunteer Training
This training was held in January for community volunteers who hold blue or salmon volunteer cards. This training is not for the renewal of your blue or salmon card. The purpose is to review guidelines and expectations for blue and salmon card volunteers at the Cherry Street prison. Each volunteer is responsible for the content […]
Stay tuned…
Stay tuned… How should we describe COVID-19? Seemingly, a never-ending inconvenience in providing ministry to the incarcerated men and women at the community detention center, jail. Covid-19’s subtle attack has not only been a disruption in our personal lives, but also in our spiritual assignment(s); Dr. Luke 4:18-19 so eloquently describes his assignment: The Spirit […]
A Ministry Opportunity
For several years I have renewed my notary license so that I may assist offenders’ signage of legal documents. These include power of attorney, state forms and documents relevant to family matters. This service is an opportunity for me to share the love and care of Christ. During the high virus cases, a table was […]
This is God’s Ministry
When I first arrived at Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries in June of last year, Rodney Stilwell told me, “This is God’s ministry.” I knew it, and I was not surprised by the statement. But, he said it with such passion and conviction, it caused me to step back and think for a minute on […]
Chaplain Chronicles
On November 30, 2021, over 300 friends, volunteers, and supporters of Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries gathered at the Benton Convention Center for our fundraising breakfast. While this has become an annual event, this year’s breakfast was anything but a normal, ordinary event. For starters, it was the first time that our supporting community has […]
