New Media Center Capital Campaign

Project Summary: Building a New Media Center for Christian Curriculum, Mentoring & Job Skills

Hope Prison Ministries (HPM) has always been clear about its mission: we are not a welfare agency. As Scripture reminds us, “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” (Mark 8:36). Above all else, we want the men entrusted to our care to know Christ, so that they would no longer live for themselves but for Him who died and was raised (2 Corinthians 5:15). Our new Media Center/Computer Lab is a capital project designed to advance this very mission.

The lab will serve as the hub for our Aftercare participants—men released from incarceration who are striving to rebuild their lives. It will not only give them access to job applications, résumés, and online skills training; more importantly, it will provide daily, structured access to our full Christian-based curriculum. Every single part of our teaching—from Bible reading plans, to Spurgeon’s Morning & Evening devotionals, to the full library of video lessons and courses—has been designed to help these men “renew their minds,” “put off the old man,” and “put on the new man” (Ephesians 4:22–24).

Right now, our existing computer lab is limited. It can only seat 8 Timothy Program participants at a time. With the Aftercare program now serving over 50 men, we must expand. The new Media Center will allow 8 additional men at a time to log hours in curriculum study, meet virtually with their Case Managers and mentors, complete assignments, and apply for jobs online. For those unemployed, the expectation is at least 50 hours of weekly study and employment-related activity. Even men already employed must log 15 hours a week in the lab. These standards reflect our conviction: men do not merely need a job—they need to be transformed from the inside out through Christ.

The curriculum itself is robust, rich, and thoroughly Christian. It includes works such as Chandler Fozard’s Why You’re in Prison, John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life, Sinclair Ferguson’s The Basics of the Christian Life, and Tim Challies’ Do More Better. Participants study biblical interpretation, discipleship, stewardship, parenting, relationships, and suffering. They encounter films such as American Gospel: Christ Alone and join guided lessons from Ligonier Ministries. The goal is not simply information transfer, but transformation: that these men would learn to “take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5) and discern “what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2).

A dedicated Media Center will also enhance the mentoring side of our work. Volunteers and staff will use the space to meet one-on-one with participants, walk through curriculum assignments, and provide accountability. This is not an ordinary classroom—it is a discipleship laboratory. Each station becomes a pulpit of sorts, where the Word of God is brought to bear on the most broken places of a man’s life.

The need is urgent. These young men and adults are coming out of prison with violent pasts, fractured families, and often debilitating mental health issues. The State has neither the facilities nor the funding to provide them with what they need. If we do not intervene, homelessness, relapse, or reincarceration are the likely outcomes. HPM has been uniquely positioned, by God’s grace, to address these challenges with a record of zero percent recidivism among those who have fully engaged our programs. The Media Center is essential to carrying this forward.

The total cost of this expansion is $22,854. Every dollar raised through North Texas Giving Day will go toward equipping the Media Center with computers, desks, secure internet, and the software necessary to make our curriculum accessible. Your gift is not simply paying for hardware; it is investing in eternal souls.

When a man sits down at one of these computers, he will open the Bible, study theology, reflect on devotionals, and wrestle with practical teachings on marriage, parenting, and finances. He will also write essays, build résumés, and search for honest employment. Most of all, he will be given the opportunity to encounter Jesus Christ as the true and lasting solution to his brokenness.

We ask you to partner with us in this work. Help us build a Media Center that will not only change the trajectory of a man’s earthly life, but also prepare him for eternal life. Together, let us ensure that no man leaves our program without both the tools and the truth he needs: the tools for employment, and the truth that sets him free.