THE MINISTRIES OF RED CLAY
Share Hope: Video Ministry
Ministry Leader:
Millie Cook
The PICTURE THIS! Video Ministry produces videos of former inmates, prison chaplains, and others who share their stories of encouragement to inmates. These stories also share information on how to move from prison back into society, successfully.
The PICTURE THS! Videos are streamed into the Georgia Department of Corrections' Re-Entry Prison and the Spalding County Jail.
To view one of the PICTURE THIS! Videos, Click the button below. The video features Damon Corn, former inmate, now a Baptist minister, and Team Lead for the Red Clay New Life Academy at Atlanta Transitional Center
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 detainees 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 25 years ago with a small team of three volunteers. Today, at West Central, Red Clay Ministries provides special programs; an opportunity each quarter for the women to make cards for their children, family, and friends; the New Life Academy (decribed in the column to the right); and Sole Encounters (described in the middle column below).
Red Clay Ministries' also coordinates the Little Readers Program of Heartbound Ministries. In this program, Red Clay Volunteers video women reading a children's book to their child. Heartbound Ministies mails the video and the book to the child.
New Life Academy
Ministry Leaders: Rhonda Morgan & Millie Cook
The New Life Academy is a Bible- 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. This is achieved by discussions in groups of inmates of how to apply scripture to everyday life, no matter where we are or our situation.
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.
Deliver Hope: Inspiring Change
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 has delivered gift bags and Hygiene Products for over 15 years to inmates, and is on-schedule to deliver hygiene products to over 5000 in 2026!
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 2026, this team willl make over 4700 cards to deliver hope to the "inside."
Sole Encounters: Soul Awakenings
Ministry Leader: Gordon MacFarlane & Millie Cook
The Sole Encounters Evangelism Ministry Team hosts events outside in the prison yard. A Sole Encounter event includes a program of music, testimonies, speakers, and food. 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.
Cards of Care & Hope
Ministry Leader: Cindy Chesna
Red Clay has two groups of volunteers to insure that inmates receive greeting cards of encouragement and to insure that the families and friends of inmates receive greeting cards from their loved ones who are incarcerated.
Group One
This group of 11 ladies handcrafts greeting cards for inmates in the prisons where Red Clay Volunteers serve. The cards also include handwritten scripture verses and notes of encouragement inside. In 2026, this group will make approximately 5700 handcrafted cards.
Group Two
This group of over 20 volunteers go into prisons, taking card-making supplies into the prisons for the incarcerated to make cards for their family and friends, especially their children. Since 2010, over 10,000 cards, made by inmates, have been mailed to inmate families and friends.
More Ministries at Red Clay...
Red Clay MOM
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 Bible Mission
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.
Freedom Focused Ministries
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.