Kairos Vision: "A community spiritually freed from the effects of imprisonment reaching all impacted by incarceration, through the love, hope and faith found in Jesus Christ."
Kairos Mission: "Share the transforming love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ to impact the hearts and lives of incarcerated men, women and youth, as well as their families, to become loving and productive citizens of their communities”. CORE VALUES Kairos Prison Ministry Core Values guide our behavior and actions as a board, staff, and volunteers: Lay led, Christ centered Ministry We are Christians who believe in the Holy Trinity and honor and live the teachings of the Bible and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We conduct the ministry while inviting all to attend as Guests or Participants in Weekends and program-specific follow‐on activities to build Christian community. Empowerment while Building Accountability While we empower the local volunteers to conduct the ministry, we are accountable to excellence and performance at the highest standards and authority of the ministry. We empower Guests or Participants to be accountable for their lives and be transformed by Jesus Christ. Continuing Ministry Model to Build Community We believe in the importance of enabling relationships to build community, thus our model includes the Weekend experience, followed by Guests or Participants gathering regularly for accountability, support and prayer. The full complement of the well‐defined returning model is necessary for the community to prosper. Trustworthy We believe that we must be honest and truthful in our personal conduct as we represent the ministry consistently and with integrity. We are obedient to God in everything we do and obedient to the guidelines of the Kairos ministry programs. Respect and Love We believe in respecting each person with dignity while modeling Christ's love. We practice ‘Listen, Listen, Love, Love” as a listening ministry rather than a didactic, purely instructional method. We believe that we must be good stewards of our ministry’s programs, funds and resources, as well as our personal time, talent and treasures. STATEMENT OF FAITH The people of Kairos are called by God to share the love of Christ with those impacted by incarceration. Kairos encourages believers from a variety of Christian traditions to be volunteers in this Christ-filled ministry. Kairos programs offer to prison residents, their families, and those who work with them the opportunity to receive God’s forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ, and to grow in their faith and servant hood in Christian community. We stand on the common ground of the following elements of faith. We in Kairos believe:
|