Kairos Inside

For incarcerated men and women

"I was in prison and you came to visit me."

Matthew 25:36

The Kairos Inside program is conducted in co-operation with prison Chaplains and Senior management as well as teams of volunteers made up of lay people and clergy. Participants are invited to attend the 3 to 5 day event by the institution Chaplain; inmates may also approach the Chaplain and request to attend. The good reputation of Kairos within the Correctional system is well known among prisoners and Chaplains alike.

Through a structured program, Kairos Inside participants:

are given the time to reflect on their lives to date
hear the life stories of many team members
learn that choice is an option for them (often the first time they have recognised this)
learn to recognise that some team members have had lives just as hard as theirs, but made different responses to difficulties and challenges
are buoyed by the hope that ‘what was' doesn’t have to be 'what will be’

The Course

Kairos Inside runs a Short Course in Christianity for 3 to 5 days which allows participants to witness Christ’s love through the service of Christian volunteers. During this course participants are introduced to the love and sacrifice given by Jesus Christ.

After the Short Course, participants are encouraged to attend the Kairos Journey Program, which is an extension of the teaching, encouragement and accountability that has happened in the Short Course. The aim of the Kairos Short Course is to encourage and facilitate the participants to continue to support each other and together with the Chaplains, to build self-sustaining Christian communities within the prisons.

There is no requirement for the inmates to be a Christian or even to be from a Christian background in order to attend a Kairos course.

Kairos is a front row seat to God’s miracles happening right now at men’s and women’s prisons!

Who is Kairos?

Kairos Prison Ministry Australia is an interdenominational Christian ministry reaching out to incarcerated individuals, their families and those who work with them; to bring sustainable meaning and hope in the place of loneliness, isolation and despair.

Kairos is building Christian Community in response to the challenge issued by our Lord Jesus “I was in prison and you visited me” (Matt 25:36) to share with inmates and their families the unconditional love of God. To enable a vision of the abundant life that a relationship with Jesus gives.

Kairos is a ministry where volunteers work together as the body of Christ and set aside denominational differences to serve together and to embody the true meaning of church.

I didn’t think I deserved the love and acceptance I was shown. It’s a safe environment to lower our walls and open up our paths. I made a few mistakes, which I am still paying for…I was cut off from my family for years. But because of Kairos, I am moving forward and talking to my family.

The big thing with the Kairos course is forgiveness and learning not just how to forgive yourself, but how to forgive other people and how [to let] other people maybe forgive you. That had a really big impact on me.

My brother had his life transformed in a Kairos Inside program many years ago. It was through Kairos that he found freedom in the Lord Jesus Christ. Kairos was just so good for him. He really came to know the Christ he had heard about in his Sunday school days.

I wouldn’t have talked to any of you before all this, why would l? I’m from the other side of the tracks. I’ve come from a life of violence and hatred - I kind of expected that Christians don’t talk to people like me. I thought I’d always be judged - but that’s changed. I’m not judged here.

Ready to join us? Great!

To register and learn more about our programs or volunteering opportunities, please fill out the form below and we will contact you and discuss ways we can work together.

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