Our foundation
Built on a
new life.
“SISTER Ministries is an extension of the Body of Christ to serve women formerly incarcerated by sharing the good news with them, teaching them how to follow Jesus together as members of His Body, and serving each one in Jesus’ name until He comes.”
Our vision
Formerly incarcerated women are a people group that is both under-reached by the Church and growing at an alarming rate in the United States. As a pioneer of this new model of ministry, it is our vision to see the Church equipped to effectively minister to this unique people group.
Our mission
The twofold mission is:
- To share the love of Jesus with formerly incarcerated women, with the hope that they come to know Him as their personal Savior and Lord.
- To address their physical, emotional and mental health needs through a comprehensive network of community connections.
Connect · Grow · Flourish
Three words we’ve lived by for twenty years.
Connect
A room that says welcome. The weekly meeting, a saved seat, and SISTERs who have been exactly where you are.
Grow
Roots, then branches. Bible study, prayer, mentorship and accountability — the slow, brave work of a life rebuilt.
Flourish
Bloom, then shade. SISTERs who turn around and save a seat for the next woman through the door.
What we believe
Rooted in the historic Christian faith.
Everything we do on a Tuesday night is rooted in these Biblical truths.
- The Bible in its original languages is the divinely inspired, perfect Word of God-truth with no mixture of error;
- The teaching of the Bible is the sole authority and basis of the Christian faith;
- There is only one living and true God, who is the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all perfections, and is the eternal triune God who has revealed Himself to humanity as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
- Jesus Christ is God’s son, both fully God and fully man, lived a sinless life on earth, died a physical death for the sins of all people, was resurrected to physical life again, and appeared to his disciples before ascending to Heaven where He now sits at God’s right hand;
- God loves sinners and freely offers eternal life to all who accept Jesus as Savior and Lord;
- All people have sinned and are separated from God by their sin, and the gospel is that eternal salvation is available in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone;
- Everyone who receives Christ by faith receives the Spirit of God who transforms each believer into a new creation in Christ;
- The Holy Spirit joins believers together into the Body of Christ, and He gives ministry gifts to each one in order to build up the Body of Christ, as each believer serves the others with truth and grace;
- Jesus Christ established and is the head of the church, and has commanded believers to love God before all and with all that we are, and to share the gospel of Jesus to the ends of the earth and make disciples in all nations;
- Jesus is coming again to gather up His church to Himself in heaven forever; and
- SISTER Ministries is an extension of the Body of Christ to serve women formerly incarcerated by sharing the good news with them, teaching them how to follow Jesus together as members of His Body, and serving each one in Jesus’ name until He comes.
2006 — 2026
Twenty years of new beginnings.
Two decades of open doors, saved seats, and second chapters — and we’re just getting started. Join us this year as we celebrate every woman who walked in and every SISTER who walked with her.
- years walking alongside women
- 20
- women served and reached for Christ
- 640+
- Tuesdays a year, every year
- 52
2006The SISTER Suite opens at Royal Palms Baptist Church
2012Incorporated as SISTER Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)(3)
2018A new suite in the Chapel at North Phoenix Baptist Church
2026Twenty years — 640+ women reached
This means that anyonewho belongs to Christhas become a new person.The old life is gone;a new life has begun!
Twenty years in
The door is still open.
Meet the women who hold it, or come see a Tuesday night for yourself.