Onesimus Workbook

S ESSION 2 Understanding Prison Culture

In the Last SessionWe Attempted To: • Understand the background for the formation of the Onesimus vision. • Appreciate the powerful effects of cultural differences. • Recognize the amazing opportunity for your church to have trained, zealous leaders. Objectives of This Session: • Acknowledge your fears and appreciate fears that prisoners have. • Understand what prisoners experience that is different from civilian life. • Recognize the factors that lead to recidivism.

Content

I. Be Candid about Your Hopes and Fears.

A. Committing crimes upon their release

B. Victim of crime

C. Source of hope

D. Unsavory element to the church

E. Adding another burden to the church

F. Overwhelm the church budget

G. Prey upon the good-hearted servants in the church

H. Start well but end in failure

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