The Church Behind Prison Walls
“My primary gift is evangelism. There is nothing better than winning souls. The prisons are my mission field. If you are going to fish, you might as well fish where the fish are.” – Dr. Paul Carlin
The Ministry began as a Lay Witness Prison Crusade work of faith and labor of love in 1978 in the Texas prison system. Their first IRS approved non-profit organization was Prisoners Bible Institute. Dr. Carlin recruited and trained hundreds of local church laymen to go into the prisons with him armed...(Continue...)
“Regarding ministry, my conviction is stated in 1 Peter 4:11, “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever.” – Dr. Paul Carlin
Dr. Paul, as his students call him, is now recording his Belief Therapy® inmate curriculum on DVD. The plans are to donate...(Continue...)
Who We Are....
“We are not interested in making men better, but we are interested in making better men. A better man will make the man better.” – Dr. Paul Carlin
“And He gave some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11, 12). This verse is the source for the name of The Ministry Church, Inc.
In 2005 Dr. Carlin retired from his Prisoners Bible Institute, Inc. Prison Crusade ministry to develop what had been on his heart for several years....(Continue...)
Our Story
“We are who we are by the grace of God.” – Dr. Paul Carlin
Paul and Jeri Carlin are born-again, Christ-centered, Bible-believing, independently supported missionaries to America’s 2.5 million adult prison population. They have been in the prison ministry for nearly 38 years. They make their home in Crockett, Texas. They have four adult children, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Paul is in his middle 80s, and Jeri is right behind him. Paul, who holds doctorates in Theology and Restorative Justice, is the author of fifteen ministry-related books. Jeri, who holds a masters degree in Christian Counseling, is a Certified Temperament Analyst. They are living letters (2 Corinthians 3:1-3) validating Psalm 92:14, which says, “They shall still bear fruit in old age. They shall be fresh and flourishing.” Paul and Jeri are seasoned senior saints with a storehouse of many years of Godly, Biblical Ministry wisdom.