Helping and Enriching Lives Through Prison Ministry

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Off the Chain Ministries provides care, study, and leadership to those looking for freedom and grace from past life experiences.

Transition Houses

Daryl and Missy Townsend own two transition houses.  The houses help men that were converted in prison ...

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What We Do

4th Quarter 2024 Report  Highlights: 1 man entered the Transition Program this quarter and 1 left. We ...

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Latest News

  • 27Jan
    2025

    A few things I have learned…

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    Dear Supporters, Brethren and Friends, I hope everyone’s New Year is off to a good start. 2024 concluded 20 years of working in the prisons to teach men about Jesus and 18 years working with men after release.  These years have certainly been a period of learning for me.  This quarter I want to share...

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  • 11Nov
    2024

    602,000 total views…

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    Dear Supporters, Brethren and Friends, I have some really good news to report this Quarter.  The launch of our channel via the Pando App on over 400,000 inmate tablets and available on free world devices through the App store and Google Play has been a tremendous success.  Here are the stats as of November 11,...

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  • 06Aug
    2024

    Exciting news!

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    Dear Supporters, Brethren and Friends, We have some exciting news that has delayed me getting this report sent out.  We now have an opportunity to reach out to every inmate in the state of Florida and literally hundreds of thousands of inmates all over the country!  Also, anyone in the free world who has access...

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  • 01May
    2024

    Should I give men multiple chances?…

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    2024 begins my 20th year working in the prisons and my 19th full time. It is hard to believe it has been that long.  I hope we have done some good for the kingdom in the last 20 years.  I have studied with and taught literally thousands of men in that time.  So many have...

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  • 01Feb
    2024

    They perceived that He was talking about them…

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    The past week has been typical for me in the ministry, I have done one on one bible study/counseling sessions with 17 men in two different prisons and three at the transition houses.  In those sessions we studied about gifts of the Holy Spirit, sexual sin, commitment, dying with Christ, marriage, transition plans, money, and...

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