Welcome
Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
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Serving the Correctional Community in Georgia
501(c)3 Non-Profit Public Charity
The painting (left) is by a Georgia inmate.
Welcome
The mission of Red Clay Ministries is to meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of the correctional community (Prisoners, families of prisoners, and the Correctional Staff in Prisons and Jails), by sharing the Light of The Gospel of Jesus Christ to all.
Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
RED CLAY MINISTRIES HAS 10 DIFFERENT MINISTRIES SERVING UNDER THE RED CLAY MINISTRIES, INC. UMBRELLA. EACH MINISTRY HAS A MINISTRY LEADER AND SERVES A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE CORRECTIONAL COMMUNITY.
Red Clay Ministries Today
Today, Red Clay Ministries has 55 volunteers. Thirty of the Red Clay Volunteers are certified by the Georgia Department of Corrections to go "inside" the state prisons to serve. Red Clay Ministries serves prisoners, correctional staff and the families of inmates.
The ministries of Red Clay serve the Correctional Community.
The Ministries of Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
Ministry Leader: Tina Renew
The West Central Integrated Treatment Facility is a medium-security, short-term, intensive rehabilitation center for adult female inmates who are in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections. This facility is located in Zebulon, Georgia and can house a maximum of 194 residents.
Red Clay Ministries began prison ministry at West Central over 20 years ago with a small team of three volunteers. Today, Red Clay Ministries provides programming, Bibles, Bible Studies, Worship Services, and special programs at Christmas, Easter, and Mother's Day.
Red Clay Ministries' New Life Academy
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
Ministry Leader: Rhonda Morgan
Volunteers of Red Clay Ministries teach in the Red Clay Ministries' New Life Academy. The academy is an intensive, biblically based program that takes incarcerated men and women through a holistic life transformation process. Participants are guided by Red Clay volunteers to lead lives of purpose and productivity while incarcerated, and to continue that life upon release.
The New Life Academy is a three-month, six-month or nine-month program with a graduation at the conclusion of the program. Classes are in a discussion-group format and focus on making choices to identify areas needing to change in their lives and moving forward to change.
Red Clay Ministries is looking for churches, who want to answer the call to prison ministry by volunteering to assist in the academy program. If you or your church are interested, please click on the "To Receive More Information" button below.
New Life Academies are in
Al Burruss Correctional Facility
West Central ITF
Harris County Prison
Atlanta Transitional Center
Spalding County CI
Paulding RSAT
Paulding Detention Facility
Rutledge State Prison
Clayton County Prison
Coming in Summer 2025
McRae State Prison
Spalding County Jail and Pike County Jail
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
Spalding County Jail and Pike County Jail
Ministry Leader:s Rhonda Morgan & Cindy Chesna
The Spalding County Jail houses approximately 500 men and women who have been arrested, waiting for trial, or have been sentenced and are awaiting transport to prison.
During the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Red Clay Ministry teams makes videos of Bible Studies and other special-interest topics and streams the videos, electronically, into the jail for the men and women being held at the jail.
Red Clay provides Christmas gift bags of hygiene products and snacks to the men and women incarcerated at Spalding and Pike County Jails.
Do you think that if Jesus was on earth today that he would be hanging out at the country jail? We think He would, because Jesus is a Chain Breaker.
The county jail is the first place of incarceration.
Deliver Hope Ministry
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Spalding County Jail and Pike County Jail
Ministry Leader: Cindy Chesna
Deliver Hope is a ministry of encouragement to Inmates, Correctional Officers and Staff in the prisons and jails where Red Clay Ministries' Volunteers serve.
The Deliver Hope team delivers food, goodies, and scriptures to Correctional Staff. There are over 6500 Correctional Officers in Georgia; plus, Correctional staff.
The Deliver Hope Ministry has a team of volunteers who meet weekly to handcraft greeting cards of encouragement to Inmates, Officers, and Staff in the prisons. In 2023, this team hand made over 1500 cards to deliver hope to the "inside."
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Ministry Leader: Gordon MacFarlane
The Sole Encounters Evangelism Ministry Team hosts events outside in the prison yard. Hundreds of inmates are in attendance at a Sole Encounters' event. The name, Sole Encounters, is based on the fact that people must have an encounter with Jesus Christ that is their own (sole) encounter. Jesus saves us and our soul is changed, solely, by our faith in Jesus Christ for eternal life. A Sole Encounter event includes a program of music, testimonies, speakers, and food.
The Ministries of Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
Red Clay M.O.M.
Ministry Leader: Sandy Jones
Red Clay M.O.M. [Mothers On Mission] is a faith-based, weekly support group for mothers (grandmothers, wives, aunts, sisters, nieces, or any woman) who have a loved one in prison.
LaLa's Big Bible Dream--an affiliate of Red Clay Ministries
Ministry Leader: Lala
Lala had a dream when she was eight-years-old that she and her family were giving Bibles to prisoners. Since that dream, Lala's Big Bible Dream has given over 500 Bibles to prisoners.
Picture This--Video Ministry
Ministry Leader: Susie Hardie
The "Picture This" video ministry films and streams videos of testimonies, stories, and Bibles Studies to send into the jails and prisons for inmates to view.
To view some the videos go to the Red Clay Ministries, Inc., YouTube Channel.
Heartbound's Little Readers' Program*
Ministry Coordinator: Tina Renew
Red Clay Volunteers video women incarcerated at West Central Integrated Treatment Facility reading books to their children. The Little Readers' Program is a program of Heartbound Ministries [Heartbound Ministries mails the DVD of the mother reading the book; the book; and a Children's Bible to the child. The children of the women at West Central receive a DVD and a book every three months from their mothers and/or grandmothers.
Freedom Focused Ministries--an affiliate ministry
Freedom Focused Ministries--an affiliate ministry
Ministry Leaders:
Willie and
Ann-Maria Benton
BEING IMPRISONED ISN'T JUST A PHYSICAL THING!
Red Clay Ministries is pleased to be affiliated with Freedom Focused Ministries.
Whether an individual is in prison, released from prison, or never served time in prison, FREEDOM FOCUSED MINISTRIES is passionate about Encouraging, Equipping, and Empowering individuals to become FREE to live out their God-given purpose. Freedom Focused Ministries also serves as the liason for Red Clay with two ministries serving released felons. These two ministries are equipped to determine the needs of these men and women and equip them for success. Red Clay Ministries provides financial resources to meet the needs of those who are released.
How can you donate financial resources to Red Clay? Those listed with * are free to you, but mean so much to us!
MAKE A RECURRING DONATION FOR A VERY LOW SERVICE FEE
Red Clay Ministries, Inc. uses PayPal Giving Fund to process all donations made by credit card.
You do not need a PayPal account to donate using your credit card.
The receipt for your tax-deductible donation to Red Clay Ministries, Inc. will come from PayPal Charities.
[The processing fee for recurring donations is
$ .0199 of the donation amount plus $.49 cents, which is a much lower processing fee than most credit card processing companies charge.
EXAMPLE: A monthly donation of $50 would be charged a service fee of ONLY 99.5 cents ; plus 49 cents, for a total $1.49 Service Fee for your monthly donation. Red Clay Ministries will receive $48.51 for each $50 donation]
Walmart "round-Up" program with Red Clay Ministries
Donate each time you order online from Walmart.com -- You may donate at checkout if you are picking up; having your order shipped to you; or having your ordered delivered by walmart. The change you donate by "rounding-up" to the next dollar will be much appreciated by red clay ministries
You will need an account on Walmart.com. After you have an account, select COMMUNITY & GIVING at the top/left side of the page; Select SUPPORT A LOCAL CHARITY; on the next page, type RED CLAY MINISTRIES, INC., then, follow the instructions to register your Walmart account for Red Clay Ministries. Each time you shop online, you will be asked if you would like to "round-up" your total to the next dollar. You will be donating your change to Red Clay!
*Use "Microsoft Bing" as your search engine and Support Us!
Red Clay Ministries presents
"Just Peachy" Recipe Book
The "Just Peachy" Recipe Book is filled with Peach Recipes. You can't beat the price of $5 each or 6 for $25. Currently, the recipe book is available for pick-up only. After purchasing, please use the CONTACT US button at top of site to arrange pick up.
