The mission of Prison Fellowship Canada is to equip and mobilize the Canadian Christian community to respond to crime and engage in restorative, Christ-centred ministry to prisoners, former prisoners and their families. Prison Fellowship was founded by Chuck Colson, one of US President Nixon’s top aides who served a seven month prison sentence for pleading guilty to obstruction of justice related
to the Watergate scandal. During that time he saw and experienced the difference faith in Jesus makes in people’s lives. He became convinced that the real solution to crime is found through spiritual renewal. At Colson’s invitation, Paul Hellyer, a former Canadian cabinet minister, and a small group of friends in Ottawa, inaugurated the work in Canada in 1980, forming Prison Fellowship Canada. PFC’s Canada Revenue Agency charitable registration number is 13105 6848 RR0001. We are also a member of Canadian Council of Christian Charities.