The Nashville Gospel Chapel Prison Ministry sends Bible correspondence courses to persons incarcerated in institutions across the state of Tennessee who request them. Inmates may also enroll immediate family members who are not incarcerated. Each course comes with a test the student takes and returns after completing each course. The tests are graded and commented on by volunteers. In addition, students are encouraged to ask questions of a spiritual nature that may arise out of their studies or their life circumstances. However, we do not engage in discussions relating to their legal cases.
The courses are provided completely free of charge including return postage and envelopes. The exception to this rule is that return postage and envelopes are not included for inmates in institutions that do not permit inmates to receive postage paid return envelopes, and for students who are not incarcerated.
Students proceed through the Standard Curriculum of studies consisting of sixty courses, which are segmented into seven series. The student may select an additional four courses from a segment of ten elective courses at any time after successfully completing the first series A Prisoner’s Guide to Christ. Other than this diversion, the student proceeds through the Curriculum Series in an orderly fashion.
The current Standard Curriculum is as follows:
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1. A Prisoner’s Guide to Christ |
2.Intro to the Bible |
3.Christian Character |
4. New Testament Series 1 |
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1. BORN TO WIN 2. THE GREATEST MAN ALIVE 3. MEN WHO MET THE KING 4. DOING TIME WITH JESUS 5. THE SOURCE OF LIFE (JOHN) 6. LESSONS FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING 7. WALKIN’ THE WALK |
8. THE BIBLE - WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU 9. WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES 10. GOD IS THERE 11. GOOD NEWS FOR ALL (ROMANS) 12. PROVERBS FOR LIFE 13. Perf. Person Perf. Work 14. A Journey Through the Bible 15. New Testament Survey |
16. FORGIVING AND BEING FORGIVEN 17. MANAGING ANGER GOD’S WAY 18. Believer's Battle with Temptaton 19. Dying to Self 20. I'LL TAKE THE HIGH ROAD 21. SECURELY SAVED AND SURE OF IT 22. DISCOVERING BIBLE STUDY 23. Overcoming Abuse |
24. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN PART ONE 25. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN PART TWO 26. GALATIANS 27. ROMANS 28. ACTS 29. JAMES 30. THE LETTERS OF JOHN 31. THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 32. GOD’SWORD IS TRUTH 33. THE HOLY SPIRIT AT WORK |
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5. Old Testament Studies |
6. New Testament Series 2 |
7. Prophecy and Truth |
8. Electives |
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34. GENESIS 1-12 35. JOSEPH 36. ECCLESIASTES: IS THERE MEANING TO LIFE 37. JONAH: MEETING THE GOD OF A 2nd CHANCE 38. OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY LAW & HISTORY 39. OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY POETRY & PROPHECY 40. DISCOVERING CHRIST IN THE PSALMS 41. MY GOD AND I: SELECTED PSALMS 42. JUDGES 43. MINOR PROPHETS |
44. EPHESIANS 45. THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 46. 1 CORINTHIANS 47. 2 CORINTHIANS 48. 1 PETER 49. 2 PETER & JUDE 50. LORD’S SUPPER AND BAPTISM 51. TIMOTHY AND TITUS 52. THE GOSPEL OF MARK 53. PHILIPPIANS COLOSSIANS PHILEMON |
54. BIBLE PROPHECY 55. THE LETTERS TO THE THESSALONIANS 56. THE LIFE AND PROPHECIES OF DANIEL 57. REVELATION 58. THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS 59. READY TO GIVE AN ANSWER 60. PLANT MY FEET ON HIGHER GROUND |
61. ONE GOD ONE WAY 62. HOW TO SUCCEED ON THE STREETS 63. GOD’S BLUEPRINT FOR YOUR MARRIAGE 64. GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN GROWTH 65. PREACH THE WORD 66. WINNING SOULS THE BIBLE WAY 67. SUMMARY OF THE BIBLE 68. BIBLE DOCTRINES – PART 1 69. BIBLE DOCTRINES – PART 2 70. PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION |
The courses used in this ministry were developed and are maintained by Emmaus Worldwide They are distributed employed through a network of ministries and Churches throughout the USA and worldwide.
The ministry functions with a twofold focus in mind:
- To bring the message of the Gospel to incarcerated individuals by means of Bible correspondence courses, with the added benefit of answering spiritual questions the incarcerated persons may have
- To provide ministry opportunities to believers who may desire to serve up the Gospel message to those shut away by society, and in the process strengthen their own faith by having respond to sometimes challenging questions that may require research
The following is a statistical abstract of activities over the past five years:
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2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
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Institutions |
40 |
55 |
61 |
67 |
51 |
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Students Served |
348 |
682 |
870 |
1004 |
794 |
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Courses Mailed |
1146 |
2368 |
2979 |
3274 |
2499 |