113 Ministries Around the World

UN Consultative Status
PF ministries around the world are working to serve
prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims…
…and their families
 PFI’s Vision and Mission

Vision Statement
To be a reconciling community of restoration for all those involved in and
affected by crime, thereby proclaiming and demonstrating the
redemptive power and transforming love of Jesus Christ for all people.

Mission Statement
To exhort and serve the Body of Christ in prisons and in the community
in its ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims and their families; and in
its advancement of biblical standards of justice in the criminal justice
system.
“We are called to serve the last, the least, and
the lost in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. He
has called us knowing that all around the
world lonely prisoners would look through
their cell bars and say, ‘I knew you would
come.’”

- Ron Nikkel, PFI President

“I was in prison and
you visited me”
Matthew 25:36
PFI’s Centre for Justice and Reconciliation
What is justice? : file charges, prove the
offenders guilty and punish
Restorative Justice: the harm needs to be
repaired
Restorative Justice: meeting victims and
offenders with trained volunteers.
Restorative Justice: global appeal
 Restorative Justice: PFI involved in
drafting guidelines for the UN and the UE
 Restorative Justice

“There is a twofold purpose here. On the one

hand, encouraging the re-insertion of the
condemned person into society; on the other,
fostering a justice that reconciles, a justice
capable of restoring harmony in social
relationships disrupted by the criminal act
committed.”

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, para 403

Communities of Restoration
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Sycamore Tree Project
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Sycamore Tree Project

Session 1: Introduction
Session 2: What is Crime?
Session 3: Responsibility
Session 4: Confession and Repentance
Session 5: Forgiveness
Session 6: Restitution
Session 7: Toward Reconciliation
Session 8: Celebration
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Sycamore Tree Project
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Sycamore Tree Project
•General attitude
toward offending
•Anticipation of re-
offending
•Victim empathy
•Evaluation of crime
as worthwhile
•Offender perception
of current problems
PFI’s Institute for Leadership Formation
PFI’s Centre for Offender
Transformation: a unique database
PFI’s Europe Office in Vevey:
In a former prison
 PFI’s Angel Tree Project ®

PF Zambia
(shoes were provided for the children)

PF Cote d’Ivoire

PF Lesotho
PF Romania Children’s Centre
PF Nepal’s Peace Loving Home for Girls
 PF Bahamas Youth Arm

Olga Clarke, PF Bahamas Executive Director

PF Germany’s Seehaus Youth Farm
PFI’s Week of Prayer &
Transformation: a campaign among
churches