Who We Are

Welcome, my name is Christina and for eight years we have been ministering to women inmates in Oregon. Our ministry is called Oregon Women's Prison Ministry. We have been trained to minister by the Prison Fellowship Ministry, the Department of Corrections(DOC) as well as the Washington County Jail. God's grace, mercy, forgiveness and joy are what we want these women to experience for themselves.

God has given me a deep passion to reach the women inmates of Washington County and State Prison for Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 4:2 says, "preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage- with great patience and careful instruction."

We visit the women inmates at the Wahington County Jail once a week. Each time we come, 20 to 30 women attend the bible study and worship service we lead (80% of these are new inmates). We sing, pray, read, and study God's Word. After the service, we have many opportunities to listen, counsel, and share one on one with the women. We always ask them to receive Christ and have had 30 women pray to receive Christ in one week. Most women who come to the bible study and pray to receive Jesus continue to show up until they leave the prison. Hundreds have been saved. 1 Tim. 2:3-4 "This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth".

When the women return to the study each week, we see on their faces how God is softening their hearts and changing their lives. This is done by the power of God's Word as they read and study, for themselves, the Bible. Every week we try to give these new women a bible so that they can take it back to their cells to read and study on their own.

Three times a week we go to the state prison at Coffee Creek and conduct private counseling, provide Bibles and various Christian books. Once a week I also visit the Washington County Jail. At the prison I conduct a discipleship program using the Purpose-Driven-Life curriculum by Rick Warren. We also lead praise and worship, provide personal one-on-one counseling, lead a Bible study and give the incarcerated women and invitation to receive Christ.

At the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility State Prison in Wilsonville, there are 1,000 female prisoners and many are waiting for bibles. Especially, large print and recovery bibles.

My purpose for writing you is to ask you to help me purchase these bibles for the women inmates. Since 80% of the women that come every week are new to the bible study, I have a great need for bibles to give these women. Would you please prayerfully consider contributing to this ministry? If the Lord is leading you to help, please make your check payable to Oregon Women's Prison Ministry and mail it to: