Rev. John D. "Jack" Oien, Founder of Pastors to Prisoners - and -   Yard Pastor R.J. Donovan Correctional & Rehabilitation Facility San Diego, California	A native of San Diego, Pastor Jack is the son of missionaries to China. He attended BIOLA College and Long Beach State College part-time while working as a printer and supervisor for the Aerospace Corporation. Called to the mission field, he ministered thirteen years in the Peruvian jungle as Print Shop Manager with Wycliffe Bible Translators. With his wife, Joyce, he also had a fruitful ministry as youth sponsor for the teenagers who attended the Wycliffe school.  In 1980, Jack experienced a call to the U.S. pastorate. After completing seminary, he was ordained at Fellowship Bible Church of Park Cities, Dallas, TX. and served as pastor of the Chula Vista Missionary Church in California for eight years. Jack and Joyce founded the Pastors to Prisoners Ministry.  Before her death in 2003, Joyce asked that Jack continue to grow the ministry as long as he were able.  At Donovan, with its 4,700 inmates, Jack has found the richest mission field of his life.
Yard Pastor Rev. Clyde Huff   Centinela State Prison   Imperial, California	Clyde, a native Californian, has lived in the Imperial Valley of California for almost 40 years. He moved there to operate the family farm after marrying his Bible college sweetheart, Joan. Together they have served without interruption as Sunday School teachers and church workers at Imperial Community Church. The Lord works in mysterious ways and, guess what! Just down the road from his farm a new state prison was erected. What began as an annoyance to a landholder metamorphosed for Clyde into a consuming burden for the lost men behind the razor wire. When Chaplain Steve Francis asked him to visit the prison one night a week to help with a Bible class, he unwittingly agreed. He was unprepared, however for the incredible blessing he received from ministering to those felons.  His wife has since joined him in ministering to the inmates two nights a week and they now feel called to turn the farm over to others and concentrate full-time on prison ministry. With this goal in mind, he pursued and received ordination and is now serving half-time at Centinela Prison while he seeks to raise financial support and turns the farm over to others. Once his support quota is reached, he will be able to work full-time helping inmates change their lives. Contact him at 760-352-1238 to hear more.
Program Coordinator & Yard Pastor for the Spanish Ministry Rev. Elena Hernandez R.J. Donovan Correctional & Rehabilitation Facility San Diego, California	In 1984 I became involved in correctional ministries. This was after experiencing a powerful conversion in the late 70’s while overdosing cocaine, an experience which turned my life around completely. In 1990 I was introduced to Chaplain Buzz Brewer, who offered me the position of Program Coordinator for the Spanish religious programs at Donovan prison. In 1995, feeling the need to further my theological and pastoral training, I moved to New York City , where I graduated at the Healthcare Chaplaincy, Inc.  I continue volunteering my services as the Spanish Yard Pastor at R.J. Donovan Correction and Rehabilitation Facility with Pastors to Prisoners, ministering in yards 1, 2, 3 and 4 under the supervision of Chaplain William Brown. My role at the prison is to help the inmates be reconciled with God.  God has given me great love and compassion for the people in jails and prisons, and I believe my strong commitment to those in prison is rooted in the knowledge that this is a God-given calling.
Yard Pastor Jorge Molina   R.J. Donovan Correctional & Rehabilitation Facility San Diego, California	-- New Yard Pastor --
Yard Pastor Michael Gappinger   Centinela State Prison   Imperial, California	-- New Yard Pastor --
Yard Pastor Dr. Roger Ziegler   R.J. Donovan Correctional & Rehabilitation Facility    San Diego, California	After serving at R. J. Donovan as a volunteer in the Protestant Religious Program for over 7 years, Roger has felt God’s call to full time ministry with Pastors to Prisoners as a yard pastor. Roger is uniquely qualified for prison ministry. He has served in the Kairos ministry; he has a Brown Card identification (which allows him to escort other volunteers); taught Bible studies on several yards; and participated in chapel programs at Centinella State Prison. He has also been a leader in ministries at his home church, and has shared his vision of ministering the Gospel of Jesus Christ to men who have lost all hope.  Roger has seen the fruit of his ministry in men who are now out of prison, and have found in their faith, the resources to experience not only a new life in Christ, but the power to experience the changes that allow for a new life of freedom and lawful productivity in the community. Roger is giving up his chiropractic practice to follow what he believes in his heart to be God’s call.  We eagerly seek your prayers and support as Roger enters the “devils playground” as a Missionary of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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