ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR PRISON MINISTRY LOVE: Is an outgrowth of unselfish concern for all persons involved. EMPATHY: Is the ability to feel with people and put one’s self in their place SENSE OF MISSION: A desire to give this priority; a belief that this is something he or she would rather be dong than anything else in the world. SPIRITUAL GROWTH: A prison worker must not only lead others to a new spiritual growth but likewise must e willing and anxious to grow as well. TACT and WISDOM: The Savior never suppressed the truth, but He uttered it always in love. In His intercourse with others, He exercised the greatest tact, and He was always kind and thoughtful. Gospel Workers p. 117. GENUINENESS: There must be no pretense in the lives of those who have so sacred and solemn a message as we have been called to bear. QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRISON MINISTRY Consecration: He who loves Christ the most will do the greatest amount of good. Christ demands all of our service. Self is not to be cherished. Faithfulness: It is a wonderful thing to find a person whose promises are as sure as the rising of the sun, whose simplest word is as good as his oath, who does just what he says he will do at the moment he says he will do it. Perseverance: A Prison Ministry worker should work with the same untiring perseverance and unflagging zeal that Christ brought unto His labors.