DETAINEE SUPPORT
Bearing witness to Christ’s presence in detainment through prayer, presence, and generosity.

OUR DIRECT IMPACT (Dec 2025 – July 2026)

When you give, your support goes directly to immigrant brothers in Christ navigating detention. Here is how generosity has been put into action in the past 8 months:

  • $2,657.65 — Detainee Essentials
    Provided basic commissary items - soap, toothpaste, shampoo, clothing, and food - distributed communally across the detainee church.

  • 250+ LETTERS & 90 BIBLES & CHRISTIAN BOOKS - Spiritual & Emotional Care
    Delivered over 250 personal encouragement letters along with English and Spanish Bibles and books to sustain faith.

  • $451.50 - Family Benevolence
    Offered direct emergency assistance to families navigating crisis and support for brothers re-entering the community.

WHO WE SUPPORT

We walk alongside immigrant men held at the detention facility in Plymouth, MA, who gather nightly inside the walls to worship, pray, and study Scripture. Through personal relationships with internal church leaders, our care flows directly to the brothers in this worshipping community—many of whom are husbands, fathers, and primary breadwinners navigating complex legal processes. In an overwhelming environment where it is easy to despair, these brothers meet daily to encourage one another and cling to the hope of the Gospel.

WHAT DOES OUR SUPPORT LOOK LIKE?

Our response is simple, direct, and focused on practical care for body and soul:

  • Commissary Funds: Financial assistance allowing men to purchase basic essentials from the facility commissary (soap, shampoo, t-shirts, food staples). These supplies are shared within the detainee church to care for whoever has need.

  • Pastoral Support: Regular pastoral visits to detained church leaders, along with written sermons adapted for their context to be read during their evening worship gatherings.

  • Bibles & Christian Books: Providing Bibles and Christian resources in Spanish and English to nourish faith.

  • Letters of Encouragement: Sending personal letters to pray for, encourage, and remind these brothers that they are loved and not forgotten.

  • Regular Prayer: Standing with them in prayer based on specific needs they directly communicate to us.

HOW TO GIVE & GET INVOLVED

1. Give Financially Your gifts directly fund detainee essential needs, family benevolence, correspondence, Christian resources, pastoral visits, and re-entry support.
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2. Write a Letter ("QUERIDO HERMANO") Write a personal letter to a brother in detainment to directly encourage and pray for them

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OUR STORY: A Sudden Crisis & Holy Ground

This ministry began when our church leader and preacher, Raúl, was suddenly detained during a routine check-in. As our congregation mobilized with meals, legal support, and prayer, Raul began pastoring inside - preaching to men losing hope and praying with them. He had an inside view of a harsh reality: sterile rooms, deep isolation, and men going months without a visitor. Yet in those very spaces, we discovered a profound, vibrant hunger for God.

An Ongoing Calling

After Raúl’s release, our ministry inside didn't end - it expanded. Our pastor began regularly visiting the church leaders in detention, witnessing firsthand the quiet work of God in a dark place:

"There were tears, moments of joy at being seen, wordless longing for their children, and the anguish of a system stacked against them. The sorrow here is bone-deep. And yet, these men meet nightly to worship, pray, and hold fast to the Word. Hope, when it comes, feels like a gulp of air after being underwater too long."

We continue to show up for this unexpected ministry - sitting in online court hearings to bear witness and declare that a neighbor's life matters, writing letters, contending in prayer, and sending financial support for basic needs inside. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (1 John 1:5).

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

  1. God is near: He precisely inhabits the places everyone else prefers to ignore. When we move toward the sick, the stranger, and the imprisoned, we discover Christ Himself already present with them (Matthew 25:35–40).

  2. The light shines in darkness: Men with every reason to despair are choosing to worship, pray, and care for one another—a vibrant picture of lives sustained by the gospel (John 1:5). They embody the reality of the Beatitudes, showing us that even in deep poverty of spirit, the Kingdom of God is near (Matthew 5:3–10).

  3. Proximity transforms us: Comfort and distance can blind us, but stepping toward suffering with open hands draws us closer to Jesus. True worship isn't found in looking away, but in active mercy: breaking cords of injustice, sharing what we have, and walking humbly with our God (Isaiah 58:6–9; Micah 6:8).

WHY WE DO THIS (THEOLOGICAL VISION)

Our heart for this work flows from the gospel. In a culture where conversations around immigration often divide into calls for order without mercy or compassion without wisdom, the Church is invited to embody a different reality.

In Isaiah 58, God defines true faith not as abstract belief, but as active mercy - loosing chains of injustice, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, and drawing near to our own flesh and blood. When we move toward human suffering rather than looking away, Scripture promises that God’s light breaks forth. We do this to embody a living witness to the Kingdom Jesus describes in the Beatitudes - a people who hunger for righteousness, show mercy, and make peace. As we stand together with our brothers inside, we experience and reflect the presence of Christ, who meets all of us in our shared need.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & LEARNING