Jail Ministry



About This Project
On behalf of the inmates of the Daviess County Detention Center we minister to and share the Gospel.
This project reaches all 600+ inmates, multiple times over the course of the year.


How We Do It
The committee works with the Jailer and Jail Chaplain to determine what is most needed.
Members of our churches are very generous with donations and volunteer their time for this ministry. Do you have pretty handwriting to prepare Cards for the inmates? We love to reach new volunteers and would love to hear from you, if you are interested!


A Great Need
Financial Donations are needed to purchase phone cards, video calls, socks, hygiene items, food, devotionals, pens and notebooks. Please designate monetary donations to be for the Jail Ministry.
Socks are a huge need for inmates. Must be black or white.
Donations may be mailed or delivered to:
Daviess - McLean Baptist Association
1003 Scherm Road
Owensboro, KY. 42301

NOTES OF APPRECIATION
December 2025 -
Thank you for thinking of us in jail this year. Since I have been in jail I have given my life to God. And I am looking for a 2nd chance to show everyone I have changed my life around when I get out of prison in 15 years. . . . I am helping people in my cell to seek Christ. God has told me that this is what He wants me to do with my life now. He wants me to help others to Christ in jail. When I get out I am going to look at getting into the jail house missions. - Your Brother in Christ.
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for the wonderful gifts you gave to us at DCDC in Owensboro, KY. Please keep my better half of 18 years and our 4 Jack Russells . . . in your all prayers. Because my better half and my girls are homeless and they are sleeping in his truck through the winter time. Please contact him if you could help him and my girls out with a place to stay where it's warm for them and again and thank you for the wonderful gifts. Thank you.
On behalf of Cell #216 Pod A215 I would like to say thank you for the Christmas gift bags your congregation sent to Daviess County Detention Center for the 650 plus Inmates. The bags items were "Flipping, Freaken, Fabulous". I personally absolutely loved the sweet treats. Your efforts give hundreds of us inmates a renewed Spirit of Hope for this Christmas Season which is the Season of Perpetual HOPE! TY and I'll be seeing you all soon for the CR Service you all have on Thursdays. Merry Christmas 2025 - 16 Signatures
I wanted to take the time to tell you all thank you for the gifts you all sent the jail. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas.
I am a current Trustee inmate at DCDC. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the Christmas gifts. It means so much just the thought of being thought about during these holidays. We all know the world doesn't stop turning out there, its so amazing to know even for a moment we are still a part of the outside world. God Bless You. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. If you have any resources for Bible Studies and or for children please let me know. I have a son 8 years old and a daughter 3 years old. - Seven Signatures from Building 1. I hope you never come down - for you are doing a good work.
To all the faithful members and Pastors at DMBA. This is on behalf of the Ladies of Daviess County DC isolation pod. We are housed away from general populations. Yes, by choice! Our society remains in isolation 24 hours a day even during our allotted 2 hour outs. There is no TV housed here, but on our one hour out we can speak to others through their cells if we choose, phone, time, walk --- never outside the pod, but outside of the cell we call our room. Our biggest delights is the safety & sanctuary of prayer time, quiet time, reflection and reading. We all want to take time to thank you for the gifts you thoughtfully cherished us with for Christmas 2025. We were all so thankful! We are each seeking out ways in the community for book donations (must by paperback) for the coming new year. Many of us are here for a longer period of time, made peace with it, thankful for every gift and blessing the day has to offer, and look forward with positive mindset of joy or achievements we still offer. Bringing in donations of any type of books (we pray for Christian workbooks used as well if possible too) will be something the ladies and I can successfully say we tried to achieve something to benefit all among us who reside in the jail as our shelter for this year and may it be for the many years to come. If he pressed upon your heart please pass on our wishes for a book drive/donation for the Blessed New Year 2026. Sincerely.
Thank you so much & God bless anyone and everyone who helped us inmates this season it means more than you know - Signed.
I'm writing to tell all involved in this venture thank you. I cannot begin to express my gratitude for the gifts. Being incarcerated brings with it strife and this makes a huge impact on my and others physical and mental well being. It's the small things that mean the most, but this was most definately huge. Helps us through this holiday season being without our family and our children. Thank you all so very much from the bottom of my heart for all you do and the message you spread. You will all be in my prayers. Thanks Again, and Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Thank you so much for the time and dedication and generosity every year you take and give to us. I have been here for 4 years going on 5 for a huge misunderstanding. The DMBA has never forgot about us inmates or left us wondering if we're loved or thought about. You guys are absolutely amazing and always there for us. We love you, We thank you all. Thank you again.
I want to thank you for the gift bag. It really made my Christmas special. Merry Christmas and God Bless You!
September 2025 -
I am writing to tell you thank you for the phone cards that you guys donated to us, with it I was able to contact my son's mother for the first time since I arrived in August of 2023. I was wondering if you guys can send me a bible and a penpal. I barely have anyone to talk to and no one puts any money on my books so I can't call anyone. I am indigent so I have to use what the jail provides me with. So thank ya'all very much. I about cried when I talked to her. Sincerely.
Today several ladies from your church visited the jail this morning and passed out phone cards and small religious pamphlets to all the inmates. . . . On behalf of the inmates including myself I want to say thank you for your gifts. My mom has stage 2 stomach cancer so its been hard not being able to talk to her like I want to but because of your church's gift I was able to. I just got done doing a 14 year sentence for a crime I didn't commit. I was on the streets for 1 year and 9 months and now I find myself back in jail because I decided to get high. So now I find myself doing 9 more months because of it. I've turned my back on god for a long time blaming him for everything that has gone wrong in my life when in reality it was always my fault. Here lately I've been reading my bible more and more. This morning I was blessed by your church with a way to talk to my mom and for that I thank you and him. Blessings are all around us if we simply open our eyes to see them. May God bless you and yours for something others will simply take for granted. I hope to one day return the gift you gave me and the kindness you showed a stranger in jail. Thank you.