113 Ministries Around the World
UN Consultative Status
PF ministries around the world are working to serve prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims…
…and their families
PFI’s Vision and Mission Vision Statement To be a reconciling community of restoration for all those involved in and affected by crime, thereby proclaiming and demonstrating the redemptive power and transforming love of Jesus Christ for all people. Mission Statement To exhort and serve the Body of Christ in prisons and in the community in its ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims and their families; and in its advancement of biblical standards of justice in the criminal justice system.
“We are called to serve the last, the least, and the lost in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. He has called us knowing that all around the world lonely prisoners would look through their cell bars and say, ‘I knew you would come.’” - Ron Nikkel, PFI President
“I was in prison and you visited me” Matthew 25:36
PFI’s Centre for Justice and Reconciliation
What is justice? : file charges, prove the offenders guilty and punish
Restorative Justice: the harm needs to be repaired
Restorative Justice: meeting victims and offenders with trained volunteers.
Restorative Justice: global appeal
Restorative Justice: PFI involved in drafting guidelines for the UN and the UE
Restorative Justice “There is a twofold purpose here. On the one hand, encouraging the re-insertion of the condemned person into society; on the other, fostering a justice that reconciles, a justice capable of restoring harmony in social relationships disrupted by the criminal act committed.” Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, para 403
Communities of Restoration
Sycamore Tree Project
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Sycamore Tree Project
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Session 1: Introduction Session 2: What is Crime? Session 3: Responsibility Session 4: Confession and Repentance Session 5: Forgiveness Session 6: Restitution Session 7: Toward Reconciliation Session 8: Celebration
Sycamore Tree Project
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Sycamore Tree Project
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•General attitude toward offending •Anticipation of reoffending •Victim empathy •Evaluation of crime as worthwhile •Offender perception of current problems
PFI’s Institute for Leadership Formation
PFI’s Centre for Offender Transformation: a unique database
PFI’s Europe Office in Vevey: In a former prison
PFI’s Angel Tree Project ®
PF Zambia (shoes were provided for the children)
PF Cote d’Ivoire PF Lesotho
PF Romania Children’s Centre
PF Nepal’s Peace Loving Home for Girls
PF Bahamas Youth Arm
Olga Clarke, PF Bahamas Executive Director
PF Germany’s Seehaus Youth Farm
PFI’s Week of Prayer & Transformation: a campaign among churches