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New Life Prison Ministries focuses on two main areas; a) Bible Course Ministry and b) Audio Recordings for Christ.   Find out more about these important aspects of our ministry.

Bible Course Ministry

Requesting a Bible Course 

At the request of an offender or ex-offender, the first study package is distributed by a prison chaplain, or mailed directly to the individual to our office. The free-of-charge study package includes one study booklet, instructions, a short exam and a free postage-paid return envelope.

For many, this is the beginning of their spiritual journey understanding Christianity and what it means to live for God as a committed Christian person.

After the student completes each of their assigned study courses, they are requested to return their exam with a short letter or comments to the New Life office for review and grading.  Each study or letter received from the inmate  is marked and reviewed with a personal response by one of our trained volunteers.   One volunteer is assigned to each student throughout the duration of their studies.

Award Books and Certificates

A certificate is awarded for each course successfully completed and a reward book is sent after every five courses completed. There are over 90 courses available in the New Life curriculum program.

Course Languages

We offer courses in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Audio Recordings for Christ

Audio Recordings for Christ or ‘ARC’ is a new initiative of New Life Prison Ministries. Aimed at attracting a new and younger audience throughout the prison system, the device is pre-loaded with 180 hours of audio sermons, devotionals, worship via one handheld audio device.

Introduced in 2016, the ARC is a solar audio device is approved by Correctional Services Canada for use in all federal prison institutions. The number of provincial institutions that have approved the ARC increases each year.  The ARC is provided free of charge to the inmate and they are encouraged to leave the institution with the ARC as it provides several important reintegration tools.

New Life’s goal is to place 10,000 ARC audio devices in the hands of inmates at institutions all across Canada.  Currently, over 3,000 devices have been funded and are being delivered to institutions via chaplains across Canada.

If you’d like to sponsor one or more ARC devices, please contact us at newlife@nlpm.ca or to donate please CLICK HERE.

If you’re a chaplain interested in placing ARC devices at your institution, please contact our office at newlife@nlpm.ca.

New Life Prison ministries wishes to gratefully acknowledge the following organizations who generously provided content at no charge as part of the ARC Project:

  • Alpha Canada
  • Canadian Families and Corrections Network
  • Christianity Explored
  • Daily Hope Ministries
  • Instead of Silver
  • Eliane Guite
  • Evangeline Inman
  • Klemke Foundation
  • Living Truth Ministries
  • Lynda Lewis
  • Promise Keepers Canada
  • Reach Beyond
  • Stand Firm Band
  • Testimonies from New Life grads
  • Celebrate Recovery