KairosOfGeorgia.org
Title
Kairos Prison Ministry of Georgia::Love, Love, Listen, Listen | Welcome to the Kairos of Georgia Website!
Contact
- Your Computer Guy
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- Valdosta GA
- United States 31605-5005
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- +1.229245190
Description
KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY is a ministry by persons drawn from a broad range of denominational churches. Kairos volunteers have experience in renewal movements within their churches which focus on small group dynamics, share and prayer groups, personal witness and vulnerability in Christian community. The primary objective of the 3‑day short course is to prepare selected residents, in the prison environment, for life in an ongoing Christian community.
In 1975, Tom Johnson, a lawyer and Catholic Cursillista from Miami, Florida, attended an ecumenical Cursillo gathering in Atlanta, Georgia. Though delegates came from several denominations doing Cursillo weekends, this Atlanta gathering was heavily Lutheran.
Tom Johnson had been imagining a Cursillo program in prison for some months. When he heard some of the delegates actually planning a prison weekend in Iowa, Tom approached the Iowa delegate, Pastor Gene Hermeier and sought permission to attend. One week later, Tom was observing a Cursillo weekend in an Iowa prison and knew that he found a calling. He returned to Miami determined to begin weekends in Florida prisons.
