Problems in proselytizing fellow prisoners:

The Sustainability Issue for converts.

When, for example:

Everything is based on high emotions....

"Fundamentalists are incapable of proving two things:

"The existence of God, and the inspiration of the Bible.

"[W]hile the recidivism rate for Fundamentalist converts hovers around 70 to 80 percent,

"... the rate for committed Catholic converts runs in the single digits."



Random adaptation from this source: Gerald Korson's article Faith behind Bars, in the July / August 2010 issue of This Rock magazine.


Career Catholic inmate - apologist Russell Ford's personal opinion regarding sustainability in his fellow inmates who become Fundamentalist converts as opposed to those who become Catholic converts.


In effect it's like: " Once I'm out of prison, what's next?"


"The Fundies, as he calls the, are full of enthusiasm but leave much to be desired.

"This is the most common type of Christian convert in prison: one who wants to fly straight but does not get the substance he needs to accomplish it.

"Ford said, Modern Fundamentalist Christianity provides little to hold onto spiritually or morally. Everything is based on high emotions. When the good feelings are gone, so is the right living.

"As a result, while the recidivism rate for Fundamentalist converts hovers around 70 to 80 percent, the rate for committed Catholic converts runs in the single digits.


"Substance is a need that Catholic apologetics fills."


"Substance is a need that Catholic apologetics fills.

"Through his First Century Christian Ministries, Ford and his converts publish a newsletter and provide catechetical materials to thousands of prisoners in dozens of other penitentiaries through their Catholic chaplains.

"[H]e said, Fundamentalists are incapable of proving two things: The existence of God, and the inspiration of the Bible. We can prove both, and convicts find this fascinating. They are also impressed with proofs from Scripture for confession, purgatory, and the Most Holy Eucharist..."


Way to go, amigo! :)