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Koinonia House

Koinonia House

Christian jail and prison ministry with post-release support in the Chicago area. Supported by College Church.

VerifiedPrison & re-entryNon-denominational

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Why this is listed

Supported by College Church, in the Chicago, IL area. Reviewed in full: the organization, the supporting church’s beliefs, and the link.

How to start

Open koinoniahouse.org (opens an external site) and read what Koinonia House 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.

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Joseph: King of Dreams
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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.
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Precept Upon Precept — inductive Bible study
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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.
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Tortured for Christ: The Movie
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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.
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The facts

Run by: Koinonia House
Charter: New Grain
Category: Prison & re-entry
Cost: Free
Time: Ongoing
Where: LocalChicago, Illinois, United States
Tradition: Non-denominational
Source: Hand-curated by Grain
Status: VerifiedReviewed in full: the organization, what it believes, and its link.
Last verified: October 7, 2026

A listing is not an endorsement of every position Koinonia House holds. Read the criteria.

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Psalm 126:5-6 (NLTKJVESVNIVNKJVCSBNASBWEBBSB)Translation