Kairos Prison Ministry.

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Our Vision

A community, spiritually freed from the 
effects of imprisonment
 reaching to all impacted by imprisonment 
through the
Love, Hope and Faith found in Jesus 
Christ.

Our Mission

The mission of the Kairos Prison Ministry is to 
share 
the transforming 

love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ to 
impact the 
hearts and lives of 

imprisoned men, women and youth – as well as 
their families – 

to become loving and productive citizens of their
 communities.

Kairos Prison Ministry International (KPMI) is a 
Christian based 

ministry which addresses the spiritual needs 
of imprisoned men, 

women, youth and their families. 
 By 
sharing the 
love and forgiveness

 of Jesus Christ, Kairos hopes to 
change 
hearts, 
transform lives and 

impact the world.

Kairos sprang from the Cursillo movement and 
is support by 

volunteers 

from the 4th day movements such as Anglican 
Cursillo, Catholic 

Cursillo, 

Lutheran Via de Cristo, Upper Room’s Walk 
to Emmaus, Tres Dias 

and volunteers from many churches.  As a 
ministry, Kairos embraces

 a diverse group of volunteers working 
together to fulfill Christ’s call

 to action as found in Matthew 25 vs 36:

‘ … When I was sick you took care of me and 

when I was in jail you 

visited me.’   CEV

Kairos Prison Ministry UK (KUK) was formed in

 1997 (a joint venture between 2 ministries 

which known as Kairos APAC).  This partnership 

was dissolved in 1999 with KUK offering its 3 

programmes whilst APAC changed its name to 

Kainos.

KPMI (and KUK) are ministries of the Christian 

church … a ministry of the apostles whom Jesus 

Christ called into community and sent forth into 

the prison environment.  KPMI has been called 

the best example of the early church in existence 

today.

An extensive 4 year recidivism study in the USA 

concluded that 55% of released offenders return 

to prison where as the figure dropped to 16% for 

those who had attended a Kairos programme. 

In the study this equated to 7,902 fewer 

offenders (at $ 26,500 per person pa as compared 

to £ 34,766* in England and Wales) returning to 

prison with a resultant $209.4 million savings to 

the taxpayer.
(* Ministry of Justice Information Release dated 

17 October 2013