Titus 2 PenPals is a discipleship-focused pen pal ministry based on Titus 2:4-8, which instructs the older men and women in the church to mentor younger Believers, helping them become grounded in a godly life that is above reproach.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

If you are 60 or older and want more information, please contact us! We are happy to answer any questions.

(Volunteers who are new to us will be asked to have their Pastor submit a letter of introduction and recommendation. We will give you a list of Guidelines to make sure all your questions are answered.)

HopeMail is a free, monthly, subscription service for incarcerated men and women anywhere in the United States. Each mailing is designed to encourage, give inspiration, and aspiration to men and women during their incarceration. You can also get involved with HopeMail as a Hope Writer. Find out more!

Click HERE to subscribe your loved one anonymously today!

For Twenty Years...

"...New Brothers, Inc. has been serving the spiritual needs of incarcerated and post-incarcerated men and their families."

Frequently Asked:

How Can I Get Involved?

Subscribe incarcerated family and friends and people from the news to HopeMail.
Become a Hope Note Writer.
Participate or Volunteer in our Salem Discipleship Group.
If you're over 60, become a Titus 2 PenPal. Contact Caroline Gregan for more information.

How Can I Support The Ministry?

PRAY - Pray for incarcerated men and women, pray for their families, pray for salvation in the hearing of the Gospel, pray for HopeMail and Titus 2 PenPals.

SERVE - Contact us to find out more about becoming a Hope Note Writer, Titus 2 PenPal, Discipleship Group volunteer or leader. You're whole church can get involved.

GIVE - You can give through PayPal or Venmo.

What Is Aftercare?

For NBF, aftercare is the spiritual support someone needs upon release from corrections, or as they are coming out of addiction. This is centered upon learning how to walk in the authroity of the love and power of the Holy Spirit.

What Are Titus 2 Brothers And Sisters?

Based on Titus 2:1-8, these are Christian men and women who attend and participate in Discipleship Groups. Primarily, they focus on building relationships, and become "passive mentors." These men and women do the work of modeling how to follow Christ.

Can I Lead a Discipleship Group?

Absolutely! - Contact Doug Gregan to find out more information about participating and training.

Ask Us A Question

If you have a specific question, please Send It To Us!

From the Blog:

Faith Laughs At Impossibilities

Peter in prison! What a jolt!

We are too far removed from the actual scene to catch the atmosphere of dismay the Christians of that day felt.
Peter had moved from Pentecost to prison, from jeers to spears. He was guarded by sixteen soldiers. One wonders why such a defenseless man needed such a group to watch him. Could it be that Herod feared the supernatural, seeing he knew that Jesus escaped such a group that guarded Him?

Had Peter been hedged in by sixteen hundred soldiers, the problem would not have been increased nor the escape less sure. Peter was bound not only by two chains, but also by the thick walls of the prison, by the three wards of the prison, and finally by an iron gate.

Building A Case Against God

Every hero of the faith has had to make an ultimate choice to trust God with everything. They had to be willing to risk it all—their dreams, their fortune, their health, their reputation, their very life.

Consider:

Daniel’s refusal to bow.
Abigail falling to her face before David.
Mary accepting the words of Gabriel.
Noah preparing the wood for an ark.
Elisabeth Elliot staying in the jungle with her toddler.
Ruth laying at Boaz’s feet.

Responding To Temptation

St. Frances de Sales once wrote: “All the temptations of hell do not stain the soul who does not love them.” It’s a terrible moment when we discover that we love the things that God hates, and all the more horrible to realize that there’s nothing we can do about it except throw ourselves on the mercy of God. Thus God uses our plight to crucify our flesh. The only way to handle this insufferable condition is to embrace the humiliation of death to self and yield ourselves to God as vessels of God’s Spirit.

It begins with receiving freely the grace of God through Christ’s work on our behalf and ends the same way. We never actually become self-contained agents of righteousness, but rather become containers of His righteousness. Galatians 2:20 says it plainly: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Paul later adds in Romans 6:6-7: “

Betrayal

There is something incomprehensible as I witness established Christians with years of faith and knowledge of the scriptures move away from Jesus Christ as He is declared in the Bible. How powerful and sobering is the spiritual transaction that takes place in John chapter 6, concerning the eating of His flesh and the drinking of His Blood.

"Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him." (John 6:60-64)

Incredible that the betrayal of Christ should be connected to unbelief concerning His Resurrection and Ascension, His Sonship and Kingship.

Wasted

"And while He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head. But some were indignantly remarking to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted? "For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they were scolding her. But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me. "For the poor you always have with you, and whenever you wish, you can do them good; but you do not always have Me. "She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. "And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of in memory of her." (Mark 14:3-9)

The Lord has ordained that the story of Mary anointing Him with the costly ointment should always accompany the preaching of the gospel. We know the story well.

Are You Able To Drink His Cup

Luke chapter 12, verses 49 and 50.

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! I’ve been going to meetings for over seventy years all over the world—Pentecostal conferences, Methodist conferences, all kinds of conferences.

I have heard the baptism of the Holy Spirit preached, I think, fifty different ways.

In seventy years, I’ve never heard anybody preach on this text where Jesus, speaking of Himself says: “I have a baptism...”

The Enduring Revolution

"On September 2, Prison Fellowship chairman Charles Colson faced a situation that mirrors what the church as a whole faces. People of several faiths, many of whom were attending the Parliament of the World's Religions, gathered at Rockefeller Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago to hear an address on religious liberty. What do evangelicals have to say in a pluralistic setting? How do we talk about the cultural role of religion with those who worship other gods? As the winner of the 1993 Templeton Prise for Progress in Religion, Mr. Colson had earned the right to stand on the platform. What follows is . . . what he said when he got there." -- Taken from Moody magazine, November 8, 1993, page 31. Editor's Note (from the printed version of this message circulated by Prison Fellowship):

In March 1993 Charles W. Colson was named the recipient of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Established in 1972 by financier Sir John Marks Templeton, this prestigious award is given annually to a person who has shown "extraordinary originality in advancing humankinds's understanding of God."

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This ministry is entirely funded by the private, freewill offerings of individuals and churches. Please, consider supporting the work God is doing with your monthly pledge or a special gift.

Thank you very much!

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