Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
The mission of Red Clay Ministries is to meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of the correctional community by sharing the Light of The Gospel of Jesus Christ to all. (The painting is by a Georgia inmate)
Red Clay Ministries Today
The ministries of Red Clay serve the
Correctional Community of Georgia
Today, Red Clay Ministries has 67 volunteers. The majority of the Red Clay Volunteers are certified by the Georgia Department of Corrections to go "inside" the state prisons to serve.
The Ministries of Red ClaY MINISTRIES, INC.
PICTURE THIS! Video Ministry
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
Ministry Leader:
Millie Cook
The PICTURE THIS! Video Ministry produces videos of former inmates, prison chaplains, and others who share their stories of encouragement to inmates. These stories also share information on how to move from prison back into society, successfully.
The PICTURE THS! Videos are streamed into the Georgia Department of Corrections' Re-Entry Prison and the Spalding County Jail.
To view one of the PICTURE THIS! Videos, Click the button below. The video features Damon Corn, former inmate, now a Baptist minister, and Team Lead for the Red Clay New Life Academy at Atlanta Transitional Center
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
Ministry Leader:
Tina Renew
The West Central Integrated Treatment Facility is a medium-security, short-term, intensive rehabilitation center for adult female detainees who are in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections. This facility is located in Zebulon, Georgia and can house a maximum of 194 residents.
Red Clay Ministries began prison ministry at West Central over 20 years ago with a small team of three volunteers. Today, at West Central, Red Clay Ministries provides special programs; an opportunity each month for the women to make cards for their children, family, and friends; the New Life Academy (decribed in the column to the right); and Sole Encounters (described in the middle column below).
Red Clay Ministries' also coordinates the Little Readers Program of Heartbound Ministries. In this program, Red Clay Volunteers video women reading a children's book to their child. Heartbound Ministies mails the video and the book to the child.
Red Clay Ministries' New Life Academy
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
Red Clay Ministries' New Life Academy
Ministry Leaders: Rhonda Morgan & Millie Cook
The New Life Academy is a Bible- based program that takes incarcerated men and women through a holistic life transformation process. Participants are guided by Red Clay volunteers to lead lives of purpose and productivity while incarcerated, and to continue that life upon release. This is achieved by discussions in groups of inmates of how to apply scripture to everyday life, no matter where we are or our situation.
The New Life Academy is a three-month, six-month or nine-month program with a graduation at the conclusion of the program. Classes are in a discussion-group format and focus on making choices to identify areas needing to change in their lives and moving forward to change.
Red Clay Ministries is looking for churches, who want to answer the call to prison ministry by volunteering to assist in the academy program. If you or your church are interested, please click on the "To Receive More Information" button below.
Deliver hope Ministry
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Red Clay Ministries' New Life Academy
Ministry Leader: Cindy Chesna
Deliver Hope is a ministry of encouragement to Inmates, Correctional Officers and Staff in the prisons and jails where Red Clay Ministries' Volunteers serve.
The Deliver Hope Team delivered gift bags and Hygiene Products to over 1500 inmates in 2024 and is on-schedule to deliver more in 2025!
The Deliver Hope team delivers food, goodies, and scriptures to Correctional Staff. There are over 6500 Correctional Officers in Georgia; plus, Correctional staff.
The Deliver Hope Ministry has a team of volunteers who meet weekly to handcraft greeting cards of encouragement to Inmates, Officers, and Staff in the prisons. In 2025, this team willl make over 2500 cards to deliver hope to the "inside."
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Ministry Leader: Gordon MacFarlane & Millie Cook
The Sole Encounters Evangelism Ministry Team hosts events outside in the prison yard. A Sole Encounter event includes a program of music, testimonies, speakers, and food. Hundreds of inmates are in attendance at a Sole Encounters' event.
The name, Sole Encounters, is based on the fact that people must have an encounter with Jesus Christ that is their own (sole) encounter. Jesus saves us and our soul is changed, solely, by our faith in Jesus Christ for eternal life.
Card ministry for inmates
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Sole Encounters Evangelistic Events
Ministry Leader: Cindy Chesna
Red Clay has two groups of volunteers to insure that inmates receive greeting cards of encouragement and to insure that the families and friends of inmates receive greeting cards from their loved ones who are incarcerated.
Group One
This group of 11 ladies handcrafts greeting cards for inmates in the prisons where Red Clay Volunteers serve. The cards also include handwritten scripture verses and notes of encouragement inside. In 2026, this group will make approximately 5700 handcrafted cards.
Group Two
This group of over 20 volunteers go into prisons, taking card-making supplies into the prisons for the incarcerated to make cards for their family and friends, especially their children. Since 2010, over 10,000 cards, made by inmates, have been mailed to inmate families and friends.
The Ministries of Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
Red Clay M.O.M.
Ministry Leader:
Sandy Jones
Red Clay M.O.M. [Mothers On Mission] is a faith-based, weekly support group for mothers (grandmothers, wives, aunts, sisters, nieces, or any woman) who have a loved one in prison.
LaLa's Big Bible Dream--an affiliate of Red Clay Ministries
Ministry Leader:
Lala
Lala had a dream when she was eight-years-old that she and her family were giving Bibles to prisoners. Since that dream, Lala's Big Bible Dream has given over 500 Bibles to prisoners.
Freedom Focused Ministries--an affiliate ministry
Freedom Focused Ministries--an affiliate ministry
Ministry Leaders:
Willie and
Ann-Maria Benton
BEING IMPRISONED ISN'T JUST A PHYSICAL THING!
Red Clay Ministries is pleased to be affiliated with Freedom Focused Ministries.
Whether an individual is in prison, released from prison, or never served time in prison, FREEDOM FOCUSED MINISTRIES is passionate about Encouraging, Equipping, and Empowering individuals to become FREE to live out their God-given purpose. Freedom Focused Ministries also serves as the liason for Red Clay with two ministries serving released felons. These two ministries are equipped to determine the needs of these men and women and equip them for success. Red Clay Ministries provides financial resources to meet the needs of those who are released.
About Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
Rhonda Morgan President/CEO
Millie Cook vice-President/Executive director
Millie Cook vice-President/Executive director
Having never set foot inside a prison, Rhonda began in prison ministry in 2002. Today, almost 25 years later, her heart is absolutely inside the prisons with the inmates.
Millie Cook vice-President/Executive director
Millie Cook vice-President/Executive director
Millie Cook vice-President/Executive director
Shortly after retiring from a management career of 30 years with AT&T, Millie joined Red Clay Ministries. Millie directs the Red Clay Ministries in 10 Georgia prisons.
Cindy Chesna Director of outreach
Millie Cook vice-President/Executive director
Willie Benton Director of Youth Programs
Cindy has been a prison ministry volunteer since the prison ministry began. Cindy has served as member of the Red Clay Board of Directors since the ministry incorporated in 2019. Cindy is retired from Delta Airlines.
Willie Benton Director of Youth Programs
Millie Cook vice-President/Executive director
Willie Benton Director of Youth Programs
Willie has had years of experience working with the 17-year-old Youthful Offenders who were tried and sentenced as adults for felonies before they reached their 16th birthday. Willie is currently creating a Bible-Based program for the youthful offenders incarcerated in a Youth Dormitory at an Adult Prison.
Coordinators for sharing the gospel at Prison events
SOLE ENCOUNTERS
Red Clay Ministries hosts Evangelistic Events called, Sole Encounters, inside prisons. Each Sole Encounters Event includes food, music, testimonies, and an evangelistic message. At the end of each event, there is a special time set aside to share the Gospel with small groups of inmates.
Coordinator for the Northern Region of Georgia
Adam Fletcher, High Falls Baptist Church, is the Coordinator for recruiting volunteers and training the volunteers in sharing the Gospel in small groups at the Sole Encounters events in the Northern Region of Georgia. The northern regions begins in north central Georgia on a line running east and west from Griffin, GA.
Coordinator for the Southern Region of Georgia -- Accepting Applications for the position
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*Walmart "round-Up" program with Red Clay Ministries
*Donate each time you order online from Walmart.com -- You may donate at checkout if you are picking up; having your order shipped to you; or having your ordered delivered by walmart. The change you donate by "rounding-up" to the next dollar will be much appreciated by red clay ministries
You will need an account on Walmart.com. After you have an account, select COMMUNITY & GIVING at the top/left side of the page; Select SUPPORT A LOCAL CHARITY; on the next page, type RED CLAY MINISTRIES, INC., then, follow the instructions to register your Walmart account for Red Clay Ministries. Each time you shop online, you will be asked if you would like to "round-up" your total to the next dollar. You will be donating your change to Red Clay!
