2025 ACA 155th Congress of Correction Denver_Program Book

CORRECTIONS

GLOBAL FAITH CONFERENCE A Journey of Purpose in Corrections Where Faith Leads, Hope Follows:

MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH – TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2025

ROOMS 401/402/403/404 BEGINS DAILY AT 8:30 AM

Join us for:

Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D. , Baylor University; Waco, Texas

Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University and is the founding director of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR). Johnson is a faculty affiliate of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, and is co-executive director of the Center for Faith and the Common Good as well as Visiting Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. He is a senior scientist at the Gallup Organization, and in 2016, co-founded the Religious Freedom Institute, based in Washington, DC.

Dynamic keynote speakers Dr. Byron Johnson and Pastor Tony Lowden Exploration

View the journey of transformation at Parchman and Angola correctional facilities captured in a new documentary: Faith and Flourishing: Parchman Prison Engaging panels Correctional Directors Panel: Bold Leadership in Action Correctional Staff Panel: The Experiences, Obstacles, and Opportunities of Implementing Faith-Based Programming Community -Based Partnerships Panel: The Presence and Impact of Partnerships with the Faith Community Credible Messengers Panel: The Impact of Incarceration Family Panel: The Unseen Impact of Incarceration on the Family Correctional Chaplains Panel: The Evolution and Importance of Religious Services in Corrections Presentations National and international models of successful, faith based programming with community partners

Tony Lowden, Pastor, Jabez Ministries; Byron, Georgia

Pastor Tony Lowden, pastor to former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter and chaplain for the Secret Service in Southwest Georgia, was appointed in 2019 by the White House as Executive Director of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry. With over 20 years of experience at the local, state, and national levels, he has led efforts to expand reintegration services that help justice-involved individuals prepare for life after incarceration and successfully reenter their communities as productive members of society.

Learn from faith leaders and community organizations. Share insights, discover best practices, and get equipped to foster hope, healing, and restoration in corrections. With support from:

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