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There's more to prison ministry than meets the eye
By baptistmessage.com - Tammy Sharp
Published: 11/09/2011

LEESVILLE – The Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety has published a manual just for those who make it their mission to visit the imprisoned, said Pastor Morris Goins, who has been ministering to offenders at the Vernon Parish Jail and the Vernon Correctional Facility since 1981. That’s when he became the chaplain for both facilities.

Goins encourages would-be prison ministry volunteers to keep that manual handy; memorize it if possible. An annual orientation provides him opportunity to share with volunteers wisdom from the manual and from his years of experience.

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