Articles

COS Plants ‘Celebration Fellowship’ — A Prison Congregation.  Covered by the Grand Rapids Press.
The Christian Century is devoted to our prison system, and includes a piece by Troy Rienstra called “Partners in the Gospel,” about the prison ministry at Standish. To read Troy’s article and others about the prison system, click here.
The June 9, 2005, issue of [...]

Troy expresses himself through art…

Troy standing next to his chessboard mural, one of the many murals he’s painted within the walls of the various prison facilities he’s ministered in.

Troy: Called to Prison Ministry
By Tymen Hofman
(Ty, a true friend and ambassador of Christ, passed away on January 6, 2006. We praise God for his life and ministry, and for the determination he had to tell the following story.)
I have a friend who is in a maximum security correctional facility serving a life sentence. What’s more [...]