Prison Ministry – Spiritual Care Workers

Many NBI prison ministry students that complete our courses, send us awesome artwork in the form of paintings, drawings and poetry, showing off their gifts and talents which we truly appreciate. Please leave this field empty Subscribe to our Newsletter Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Virgil Lyle Arnoldus, aged 23 lives in Wellington with his father aged 64. At the age of 3 Virgil was involved in a car accident which resulted in him losing his memory and paralysed him. He had to learn to walk and talk and be re-introduced to his family. After his parents separated, Virgil dropped…

I wrote to the counsellor of NBI a year ago and told her that since I received a life sentence I thought my life was over. I had drastic thoughts of suicide and could not forgive myself for what I had done. The harsh and condemning words of the Magistrate resounded over and over in…

At age 6 my father decided to sell up the house and take my mother, brother and I to sail around the world. Despite protests that we would miss our first important years of schooling, my father went ahead and built the yacht. During this this time my father was an alcoholic and extremely abusive…

It was one night at midnight when my corrupt friend and I were walking down the streets of Acorn Park, a suburb in Vereeniging. He was looking to make easy, fast cash in a dead street. As we walked down the street, we saw little street children sleeping in cardboard boxes, while their mothers were…

Marie Matthews* (name changed for confidentiality) was born in 1972 and grew up in Peyton, Wellington. From the age of 8 to the age of 11 she endured being sexually molested by her uncle, her mother’s youngest brother. Her parents were very strict and lived in extreme poverty, so the extended family all shared a…

Athletes for Christ comprises of a group of 22 ‘Maties’ (Stellenbosch University students), who for the 45th time since the inception of the group in 1975, raises funds for the prison ministry division of Nehemiah Bible Institute. They accomplish this great feat through running from town to town across the country covering on average 1,900…

Annually, Nehemiah Bible Institute ‘NBI’ (Bible Media) staff, together with Wellington East congregation and other diverse congregations and individuals embark on this very special Christmas project. Christmas cards are handmade and coupled with a stamped envelope, to be handed out to the 1000 prisoners. This gives the prisoner an opportunity to write a message inside…

Strategic partners The Centre for Contextual Ministry is our link to the University of Pretoria. They acknowledge and give credits to our learning programs. Enterprise at University of Pretoria awards the certificates to successful NBI learners. We continue to create a pathway for our students by negotiating with institutions f higher learning to use our course…