Lifeline Global Ministries

While this program cannot promise one hundred percent prevention, if a fraction of the 1.5
million children of incarcerated parents are led to a different path than that of crime, the number
of people institutionalized will decrease, including a decrease in the national budget for those
facilities. Additionally, the program reduces recidivism, thus further reducing the number of
inmates. We aim to teach incarcerated mothers and fathers to become godly parents thus changing the lives of their children.

The challenges of any prison rehabilitation program are numerous: what curriculum will
effect real change, how to fund something that many funders believe is a lost cause, what can be
implemented to prevent recidivism—the list goes on. However, Malachi Dads and Hannah’s
Gift are proven programs. The curriculum is tested and has demonstrated real results in the
behavior of the graduates, with prison staff and family members alike attesting to the change.
Both Malachi Dads and Hannah’s Gift provide graduates skills to parent from a distance, in an
effort to bring about moral rehabilitation and family restoration and reunification. The Returning Hearts Celebration is the culmination of a year’s worth of study thatincludes four quarters: “The Heart of the Father” – covering practical biblical advice for life,
marriage, and parenting; “The Heart of a Man (Part I)” – covering trustworthiness, temptation,
purity, and prayer; “The Heart of the Man (Part II)” – covering the development of godly
character and integrity, and how to be godly examples in their families and community; and
“Malachi Dads Family Restoration” – covering how to pursue healthy relationships in family
both while in prison and upon release. Successful completion of the curriculum allows the men
participation in the Returning Hearts Celebration.

The challenges of any prison rehabilitation program are numerous: what curriculum will
effect real change, how to fund something that many funders believe is a lost cause, what can be
implemented to prevent recidivism—the list goes on. However, Malachi Dads and Hannah’s
Gift are proven programs. The curriculum is tested and has demonstrated real results in the
behavior of the graduates, with prison staff and family members alike attesting to the change.
Both Malachi Dads and Hannah’s Gift provide graduates skills to parent from a distance, in an
effort to bring about moral rehabilitation and family restoration and reunification. We partner with churches
and other ministry's to accomplish our programs.

Lifeline Global, started in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at Angola State
Penitentiary--home to over 5,000 inmates--the largest maximum-security prison in the United
States. Collectively, the inmates have over 20,000 children. The fifty-two week curriculum,
Malachi Dads, was brought in by the warden to give these men the tools to recognize their role
as head of the family, to shepherd their children, and to end the cycle of incarceration, whether or
not they will leave the prison in their lifetime.
The program is such a success that it has been replicated in prisons across the country,
having been invited by the current wardens, and expanded to include programs for women as
well: Hannah’s Gift. Lifeline Global programs are currently in 220 prisons, in 29 states, and in 9
countries (Lifeline Global). This ministry is so different from other programs in that it aims to
shift the focus for inmates; rather than focusing on themselves or their own rehabilitation, the
Lifeline Global program forces fathers and mothers to recognize their responsibility and charge
to end the cycle of crime and incarceration. Additionally, other rehabilitation programs focus on
rehabilitating the inmate themselves, so they are not reincarcerated. By reconciling parents with
their children, the rehabilitation of the inmate is attained, but the cycle of crime is also
terminated.