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Rev. Joyce
Edmonds
Jones
Rev. Joyce Edmonds Jones
is an ordained Elder and
Director of Evangelism
and Outreach Ministries,
at Hope Christian Church (HCC) in Beltsville, Maryland, where
Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. is senior pastor. As the program director
for The Christian Mentoring and Transition (CMAT) Program, she
partners with Hope Christian Church and the Maryland institution
for Women, to provide one-on-one mentorship to incarcerated
women.
The CMAT Program is both a mentoring and transitional skills
program. Women with a desire to serve God who are trained as
CMAT mentors, visit and write to incarcerated women once a
month.
The CMAT Program’s primary goals are:
• To reduce recidivism for those who will
be released from MCIW by giving them
Biblically based foundational principles of
living that transforms anyone who practices
them.
• To promote positive attitudes and
actions while program participants
are incarcerated by providing
transformation skills for coping and
managing negative emotions based
on God’s Word.