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Few Protestant pastors, churches prioritize prison ministries

May 24, 2016

By Bob Smietana NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Most Protestant pastors go to jail, at least for a visit, and want to help prisoners and their families. But their churches often lack the training or finances to run an effective prison ministry. Those are among the findings of a new phone survey of 1,000 Protestant senior pastors from Nashville-based Lifeway Research. Researchers … [Read more...]

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