Four decades of faithfulness.
Set Free Prison Ministry was born from a prison-cell encounter with Jesus and has grown into a lasting work of worship, discipleship, and restoration — first behind the walls, then into new beginnings after release.
In 1984, Rev. Brian J. Douglass was radically transformed in a Southern Nevada prison cell. After crying out to God, he encountered a vision of the throne of God and heard the words: “MY WORD IS TRUTH, BELIEVE AND OBEY!” That moment became the seed of everything that followed.
In 1986, Set Free Prison Ministry began as a branch of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International. What started as a small but passionate outreach quickly grew into weekly worship, Bible teaching, and a church family planted inside correctional facilities — Agape Fellowship.
In 2002, following God’s clear leading, we stepped out in faith and established Set Free Prison Ministry as its own independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit. That transition allowed us to expand our reach, deepen reentry support, and walk with men and women not only while they are incarcerated, but as they rebuild their lives after release.
Today, more than 40 years later, we continue the work God began — proclaiming liberty to the captives, leading worship behind bars, mentoring returning citizens, and pointing every person we meet to the freedom found in Jesus Christ.
Brian encounters Christ in a Nevada prison and receives the word that launches a lifetime of ministry.
Set Free starts as an outreach of Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International in Maryland.
Set Free becomes a standalone 501(c)(3), expanding prison church and reentry work.
Worship, discipleship, mentoring, and a growing vision for transitional housing — Agape House of Refuge.
