1. Kairos Prison Ministry International
Welcome to Advocacy for Christ
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2. Kairos Prison Ministry International
Advocacy for Christ
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3. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand! Matthew 11:15
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing….
1 Corinthians 13:3
Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
Matthew 11:15
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4. Advocate v. recommend, advise, propose, prescribe, champion, urge, promote, campaign for, argue for, speak out for, plead the cause of, stand up for, push for, endorse, support, back, press for, espouse, advance, further, propagate.
Reader’s Digest Family word finder says :
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5. Antonym : oppose, combat, attack, assail, impugn
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6. 1 John 2:1-2 “My Little children, I am writing to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous”.
Advocate is just a fancy term for a lawyer, someone who pleads your case before the bar or justice. John writes, “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (I John 2:1). Jesus goes before God on our behalf and says, “Father, I know they are sinners, but they have repented and My blood has cleansed them. They belong to Me.”
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7. Kairos is an advocate for Christ
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8. We bring the Love and Forgiveness of Jesus Christ
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9. We are united by our belief in the Trinity
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10. We Introduce Christ Who is He. What did He do for us
We Introduce Christ Who is He? What did He do for us? Our actions represent Him We share what He is doing in our lives
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11. If you advocate for something, you are advocating against another. i.e.; If you advocate for life, then the opposing force is death.
Advocate comes from the Latin word advocatus, someone who has been called in to help. Originally used in the sense of legal adviser or friendly witness, the word became a term in roman law designating the professional who defends one’s interests in a court case. Advocate is just a fancy term for a lawyer, someone who pleads your case before the bar or justice. John writes, “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (I John 2:1). Jesus goes before God on our behalf and says, “Father, I know they are sinners, but they have repented and My blood has cleansed them. They belong to Me.”
If you advocate for a resident, then you are advocating against the forces that put them there.
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12. Because we only advocate for Christ: We don’t advocate for: Written mail correspondence Video visitation MP3 music sent Use of social media with residents Make court ordered payments on their behalf Send money via “Jpay” or any other means Why ?
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13. Written US mail correspondence
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14. Video Visitation
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17. Social Media
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18. Court Ordered Payments
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19. Don’t use jpay.com LISTEN, LISTEN, LOVE, LOVE
The State of Virginia no longer allows JPay and mail
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20. We don’t associate while they are on paper. Why?
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21. We don’t sit on Parole Boards
We don’t sit on Parole Boards. We don’t send Parole letters of endorsement.
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22. We are not there to make them dependent on us!
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23. Friendly, but not our friends…
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24. We don’t get involved in family or legal issues except through Kairos Outside.
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25. We don’t defend a Participant’s crime.
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26. We don’t try to manipulate our Participants.
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