Our Mission

Horizon works to restore the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated to healthy purposeful living through mentoring, education, skill training, and spiritual growth. Horizon brings the larger community into the process of restoring offenders back to society, reducing their recidivism and dependence on government social programs.

Our Vision

The Vision of the Horizon Initiative is to reclaim the person and recover the soul of the offender, restoring them to life in the community. We believe this possible through God’s constant grace and beckoning.

Our Beliefs

Honor, Respect and Dignity are due to each and every human being not because of their greatness or their acheivements or how they behave, but because they are home to a soul that is inherently Holy.

Do no harm - Do good - Stay in love with God

Trauma not Transformed is Transferred

Our Aim

The primary aim of the Horizon Prison Ministry is to effect an inner transformation of the incarcerated and prepare them to live with others, in and out of prison, in mutual support, trust and respect, while increasing personal and family responsibility and employability well prior to release. The driving force behind the Horizon Prison Ministry is collaboration. We unite corrections, faith and community leaders.

Our Method

The Horizon experience extends over a twelve month period and is far more intense then any standard prison program. Each cycle brings forty eight to seventy-two incarcerated men who volunteer for the program into a modified housing unit. The men come together as a community in a living and learning environment where participants have the maximum opportunity for significant personal growth. Horizon operates 24/7 with a focus on transition preparation. The men receive mentoring and guidance from Horizon volunteers and a cadre of resident encouragers.

Each Horizon participant is required to pursue an aggressive curriculum of educational, spiritual, and psychological programs with immediate life applications. Mandatory Horizon programs include Family Life Meetings, Outside Brothers, Building Community, Victim Awareness, Family Letter Writing, Character Reformation and Awakening.

Horizon Updates

Horizon Prison Ministry Expands to Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI)

Horizon Prison Ministry expanded its program into the Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI) in Chillicothe, Ohio. The program began transforming lives in July of 2010. There are presently 72 incarcerated men in the program. Unique to the program is the fact that 8 graduates of the Horizon Program at Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) in Marion, Ohio volunteered and transfered to CCI to serve as encouragers to the new men participating in the Horizon program.