CLI Prison Alliance

In the coming year our greatest goals are to engage 1% of all incarcerated individuals in the US and establish CLI in 6 countries outside of the US.

As we seek to engage more and more inmates globally, we are calling on chaplains, churches, volunteers, and donors to help us move forward. By working directly with chaplains in prisons and jails we can ascertain the greatest needs in each facility. The chaplains help us to distribute books, Bibles, and Bible study applications to all interested inmates.

In addition, we partner with churches through book drives and by providing volunteer opportunities for their members. Next, onboarding new volunteers helps us to correspond with each student inmate faithfully and efficiently. These volunteers also help us to pack and distribute books and Bibles to ensure that we meet every request.

While our international program takes on a slightly different format, our goal of reaching inmates remains the same. We work closely with local pastors in the countries that we work to get into prisons and share the gospel. This often looks like bringing in printed materials and working with prison officials to create time and space to teach the Bible studies.

Building on a 25-year-old ministry, we’ve found that doors have continued to open in each of the areas that we are pursuing growth. As one of few Christian non-profits donating books and Bibles to prisons, we’ve built a reputation nationally for our work. With two shipping facilities, one in North Carolina and one in Georgia, we are able to receive and distribute donations to facilities daily. Those books and Bibles are all stamped with our organizations contact information and serve as a pathway for inmates enrolling in our Bible Studies. Our hundreds of volunteers are based all around the nation and are committed to corresponding with inmates across the US to mentor them through the studies. We’ve also implemented paid postage for all inmates that allows an ease when it comes to that correspondence.

In 2020 we saw 301,525 books and bibles distributed and 18,936 Bible studies reviewed. Halfway through 2021 we’ve already seen a 65% increase in inmates enrolling in our Bible studies in the US alone. Our Global Outreach Director has established relationships in Nigeria, Cuba, India, Tanzania, Puerto Rico and the list is continuing to grow. As we step out in faith to partner with pastors in each of these regions, we are seeing prisons that had previously been closed to the gospel, begin to open their doors, and let us teach the studies. As a result, we’ve already seen thousands of inmates become disciples of Christ.