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FOCUS Ministries

FOCUS Ministries

Christ-centered classes, mentoring, and re-entry support for incarcerated women. Supported by Christ Covenant Church.

VerifiedPrison & re-entryReformed

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Why this is listed

Supported by Christ Covenant Church, in the Knoxville, TN area. Reviewed in full: the organization, the supporting church’s beliefs, and the link.

How to start

Open focustn.org (opens an external site) and read what FOCUS Ministries says about itself before you read anything else.
Check the time it asks for: ongoing.
Look at the filings below, then decide. Numbers are context, not a verdict.
Tell your church. Going out is rarely meant to be done alone.

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Before you go

Something to read, watch or listen to before you show up. From Ripened Harvest; the picks change each day.

Film & seriesProvisional
Tortured for Christ: The Movie
The Voice of the Martyrs
A cinematic retelling of the testimony of Richard Wurmbrand, the Romanian pastor imprisoned for fourteen years under communism, and of his wife Sabina's three years in prison and forced labour. Based on his book of the same name.
Cost
Free
Time
One-off
Where
Online
Who for
Adults · Film
Last verified October 24, 2026
Film & seriesProvisional
Joseph: King of Dreams
DreamWorks Animation
The Genesis account of Joseph — the coat, the pit, Potiphar's house, the prison, the famine and the reunion — made as a direct-to-video companion to The Prince of Egypt. Joseph's dreams are rendered as a swirling Van Gogh-styled sequence that sets them visibly apart from the waking story.
Cost
Paid
Time
A few hours
Where
Online
Who for
Older children · Film
Last verified September 8, 2026
Bible studyProvisional
Precept Upon Precept — inductive Bible study
Precept Ministries International
A workbook-driven method that has you mark the text by hand — key words, contrasts, time markers — before you consult any commentary. Courses run book by book across both testaments and are taught in churches, in prisons, and on your own.
Cost
Paid
Time
Weeks
Where
Online
Format
Study · Intermediate
Last verified September 8, 2026

The facts

Run by: FOCUS Ministries
Charter: New Grain
Category: Prison & re-entry
Cost: Free
Time: Ongoing
Where: LocalKnoxville, Tennessee, United States
Tradition: Reformed
Source: Hand-curated by Grain
Status: VerifiedReviewed in full: the organization, what it believes, and its link.
Last verified: October 6, 2026

A listing is not an endorsement of every position FOCUS Ministries holds. Read the criteria.

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Psalm 126:5-6 (NLTKJVESVNIVNKJVCSBNASBWEBBSB)Translation