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“I was in prison and you came to me..”
Matthew 25:36
The work of the ministry began after the 25 day Strangeways (Now HMP Manchester) riots in April 1990. A call went out to local pastors for assistance and Overseer Clive Whittle heeded to the call, helping the chaplain, Rev. Noel Proctor in the relocation of prisoners. When that work was completed, Clive continued working in the Strangeways prison working as a chaplaincy
volunteer and to this day still regularly visits
the prison.
The work of the ministry expanded in the
mid 1990’s when a call went out to for black
Pastors in the Manchester area to work with
the chaplaincy at HMP Styal which at the
time had seen an influx of African and Caribbean
female prisoners. Clive again heeded to the
challenge and is now part of the Chaplaincy
Team within that prison.
Over the years, Clive has developed
a committed team of volunteers and the
work has expanded to many prisons. In
2009, Compassion Prison Ministries was
set up as a formal body run by a Board
of Trustees. Clive Whittle remains as the
Chair of the Board of Trustees and as the
Organisation’s spiritual head.
History
