ROD MINISTRIES CONDUCTED BIBLE STUDIES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AIMED AT PRISONER REHABILITATION. RELEASE ASSESSMENTS AND LIFE DEVELOPMENT PLANS WERE PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS PRIOR TO RELEASE. MANY RELEASED INMATES WERE PLACED IN PRE-ARRANGED HOUSING WHERE BIBLE AND ACCOUNTABILITY TRAINING WERE CONTINUED. FOR ADDITIONAL INMATES, POST RELEASE AID AND REFERRALS WERE PROVIDED. BIBLES WERE GIVEN TO INMATES WHO MET PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF CHANGING LIVES THROUGH GROWING FAITH IS EVIDENCED BY A REDUCTION IN RECIDIVISM RATES FOR ROD MINISTRIES CLIENTS.