Kairos of West Virginia

Kairos dates its history back to that first weekend at Union C I in Raiford, FL in September of 1976. Kairos is now active in 33 states and in the countries of Australia, Canada, England, Costa Rica and South Africa. The ministry is active in over 300 ministry sites and 35 Kairos Outside ministries for women whose sons and husbands are in prison. Kairos has requests for its program in Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Nigeria, and several other countries.

Kairos does this with a paid staff of eight people and over 20,000 volunteers who pay for the 618 weekends we present each year. Recidivism studies in Florida and South Carolina found that Kairos experience brought a drop in recidivism of about one-third when compared to a control group.

By bringing the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ into prison, Kairos is widely recognized as a highly effective program to positively change inmate attitudes.