{{about|the rehabilitation program for former prisoners|the defunct ex-gay organization|Exodus International}} {{see also|Exodus Transitional Community}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}}
'''Exodus Ministries''' is a Dallas, Texas-based non-denominational Christian former prisoner rehabilitation organization, which attempts to help those who are released from prison back into society at large.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clay-shooting fundraiser helps ex-offenders|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/rmiller/stories/DN-p2miller_20bus.ART.State.Edition1.35a7448.html|newspaper=Dallas Morning News|date=2007-08-20|accessdate=2008-11-27|last=Miller|first=Robert}}</ref> The organization is not affiliated with Exodus International, a now defunct ex-gay organization.<ref>{{cite news|title=Post Politics Hour|date=2005-10-03|last=Balz|first=Dan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/09/28/DI2005092801908_pf.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref>
== Focus of the organization == Their primary focus, as described on the group's website, is "to assist ex-offenders and their families become productive members of society by meeting both their spiritual and physical needs." Exodus Ministries claims three primary objectives: reducing the number of ex-offenders who become homeless and unemployed, as well as the number of those who return to a life of crime and eventually end up back in prison; helping ex-offenders obtain employment and managing their finances so they can re-establish a positive, self-sufficient lifestyle; and reuniting ex-offenders with their families and teaching them the life skills necessary for daily living through counseling and training services.<ref>{{cite web|title="Santa Brings a Suit" Helps Needy|url=https://www.dallasbar.org/members/headnotes_showarticle.asp?article_id=457&issue_id=47|publisher=Dallas Bar Association|date=January 2002|accessdate=2008-11-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070502221121/https://www.dallasbar.org/members/headnotes_showarticle.asp?article_id=457&issue_id=47|archivedate=2007-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Go Kids: Community Programs|publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice|url=http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/pgm&svcs/gokids/gokids-d-community-pgms.htm|accessdate=2008-11-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107002232/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/pgm%26svcs/gokids/gokids-d-community-pgms.htm|archivedate=2009-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=2006 Financial Aid And Assistance for Ex-Offenders - A Comprehensive Resource Directory|last=Sanders|first=Jennifer|isbn=1-4116-0446-6|publisher=lulu.com|year=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBHenFkIFoAC&q=%22exodus+ministries%22+dallas+-%22Joe+Dallas%22+-miers+-international&pg=RA1-PA217|page=217|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> In at least one notable case in 1996, Exodus Ministries rendered assistance to a non-ex-offender in need.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/040496dnmethelmarchive.349e5777.html|title=Life Has Changed for Uncle Raising 5|date=1996-04-04|publisher=Dallas Morning News (via txcn.com)|accessdate=2008-11-27|last=Griffin|first=Laura|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723170102/http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/040496dnmethelmarchive.349e5777.html|archivedate=2011-07-23}}</ref>
== Funding and support == Exodus Ministries is supported by local churches<ref>{{cite web|title=Exodus Ministries, Inc.|accessdate=2008-11-27|url=http://www.hpumc.org/pages/Exodus_Inc|publisher=Highland Park United Methodist Church|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012132752/http://hpumc.org/pages/Exodus_Inc|archivedate=2008-10-12}}</ref> and non-profit foundations.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Dallas Women's Federation |title=Fall 2006 Grant Recipients |url=http://www.dallaswomensfoundation.org/fall2006.html |accessdate=2008-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724235606/http://www.dallaswomensfoundation.org/fall2006.html |archivedate=July 24, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annual List Report|url=http://www.hoglundfoundation.org/board/history/2006%20Grants%20Paid.pdf|date=2007-03-21|accessdate=2008-11-27|publisher=hoglundfoundation.org}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
Exodus garnered some national attention in October 2005 when it was announced that United States Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers once served on the board of the organization.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bush's unconventional choice|last=Feldmann|first=Linda |author2=Warren Richey |author3=Gail Russell Chaddock|date=2005-10-04|accessdate=2008-11-27|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1004/p01s03-usju.html}}</ref>
== See also == *Prison religion
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.exodusministriesdallas.org Exodus Ministries Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821023004/http://www.exodusministriesdallas.org/ |date=2008-08-21 }}
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