Prisons Week celebrates its 50th year by remembering once again that, no matter what your circumstances, or the place in which you stand, God’s word is not chained.
2 TIMOTHY 2:9 GOD’S WORD IS NOT CHAINED
(NIV) the reading for 12th October 2025, Prisons Sunday
Many things in life can bind us, fear, anger, abuse, rejection or shame. And this is as true for those held in prison as those who are not. And unless that bondage is addressed the consequences of this can be very dark. Hopelessness and helplessness can overwhelm, destructive behaviour continues unchecked – an imprisonment of body and soul.
But we believe that God desires to break those chains and to set people free. To restore in them the image of God. And he does this through his Living Word, Jesus. As we celebrate this truth for Prisons Week 2025, we are delighted to offer the testimony to God’s power from a number of people who have worked in or been caught up in the justice system. Their experience of having chains broken by God’s grace is an encouragement not to give up. To know we are loved by God and restored to those who love us and the communities we live in. So, join us in prayer, give thanks for God’s grace and mercy and share
God’s work of release in your own life.
(The full transcripts of testimonies are at prisonsweek.org)