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Discover our mission, our ministry, and how we support families impacted by incarceration across East Texas.
Kairos Outside offers a comfortable, non-judging retreat for women to support each other as they journey through the incarceration of a friend or relative.
The Kairos Outside Weekend is a 2½ day program based on a series of talks by volunteers designed to address the pain of enduring separation from the one inside and the judgment of others from their community. Guests hear the talks in small family groups. The program is interspersed with music, prayer, and fun activities.
Our next Weekend is KOET#23 – held on October 23rd–25th, 2026, at the Disciples Crossing Camp, East of Athens, TX.
Learn the different ways you can serve and make the Weekend a special time for Guests. (Click Here)
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“I always assume people are going to judge me when they find out I have someone in prison, but it was humbling to find out these women not only liked me, but they truly loved me.”
— A previous Kairos Outside Guest
Transforming Lives SINCE 1986-2026
Kairos Outside of East Texas
This is the 50th year of Kairos Prison Ministries’ serving Christ and those impacted by incarceration!
Location: Athens & Lindale, TX Area
Affiliation: Kairos Prison Ministry International
Ministry Scriptural Admonition
Kairos Outside volunteers share a desire to follow Christ’s admonition in Matthew 25:36:
“I was in prison, and you came to visit me.”