A chapel filled with incarcerated men and correctional officers gathered together after a MOG Ministries service

Ministering to the
heart of God by going out to the least of these.

We take the light of Jesus into prisons and jails — the places nobody is clapping, because we have freely received, so we freely give.

Behind the wallsPrisons & Jails
In their handsFree Books
In their heartsRTD Discipleship

01 — Why we exist

One reason: to obey Jesus by loving and serving the least of these.

Scripture makes it clear—when we feed the hungry, care for the hurting, visit the prisoner, and serve the overlooked, we're not just helping people… we're ministering to the heart of God. Jesus said what we do for "the least of these," we do for Him.

That's why we go to the uncelebrated places.

  • The forgotten places.
  • The places where nobody's clapping.
  • The places where people can't give us anything back.

Because we have freely received, we freely give. This is pure ministry: clean hands and a pure heart—serving practically and pouring out spiritually. Bringing real love, real truth, real prayer, and the real Gospel to those who need it most.

If God has put that same conviction in you, we invite you to get involved. Come serve with us as we take light into dark places and love the least of these—like Jesus does.

Ministry team praying one-on-one with inmates on the prison yard at Suwannee Correctional
On the yard. In their hearing.
"And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'"
Matthew 25:40

02 — Field report

What we've been up to

70

Lancaster Correctional RevivalLancaster, FL

70 men activated in prayer.

38

38 youthful Offenders Received JesusSuwannee Correctional, FL

At Suwannee Correctional Facility, 38 youths received Jesus and an inmate from the RTD program was able to share his testimony with them.

72

72 Inmates BaptizedSuwannee Correctional, FL

39 more men just went under the water at Suwannee — 72 total baptisms and counting. 10 Muslims among them have given their lives to Jesus.

9.23

Youthful Offender BaptismScheduled September 23

Next baptism service is on the calendar — a dedicated day for youthful offenders at Suwannee to publicly declare their faith.

2

RTD Program Classes1 graduated, 1 near graduation

Our first RTD class graduated. The second is days away — and the State of Florida transferred an inmate in from another prison specifically to go through the program with us.

96

Williams County Jail, ND3 services

96 salvations. 3 services. Everyone received Jesus in each service!

03 — Road to Damascus

The RTD Program

Road to Damascus — the RTD Program — is our 12-week discipleship intensive inside the walls. Inner healing. Renewal of the mind. Spiritual development. Real relationship with Jesus, worked out in real time with men who are ready to change.

It isn't a study group. It's a container for transformation — where a man can be honest about what shaped him, get free of what's been running him, and learn to walk with God from the inside out.

God is moving.

We graduated our first RTD class — and we're days away from graduating the second.

Even more remarkable: the State of Florida transferred an inmate in from another prison specifically to go through the RTD Program with us. When the state moves a man across the system to sit in your class, that's not us. That's God.

RTD Program class gathered together in the prison chapel with Frank Ortega and the ministry team
The RTD family. Inside the walls.
Frank Ortega baptizing an inmate in the prison chapel baptistry
Baptized behind the walls.

04 — Books behind the walls

Free books in inmates' hands.

Behind the walls, we put free physical copies of Frank Ortega's books into the hands of the men — an actual paperback they can hold, mark up, and pass to the next man on the cell block. This isn't a giveaway for site visitors; it's paid for by people who sow, and delivered straight to inmates.

  • Father Wounds — 8 steps to heal your relationship with your dad
  • Real Prayer — a no B.S. guide to a powerful prayer life
  • unForgiveness — how to forgive when they don't deserve it

$11 covers the print cost of one book AND getting it distributed inside the facility. Tap Sow a Seed, then choose the “Books” designation — not general giving — and your $11 puts one book directly in an inmate's hands.

Frank Ortega on the prison chapel stage with inmates during a Hope Dealer service
Men in blue prison uniforms holding up certificates of baptism
Frank Ortega and the ministry team praying with inmates inside a county correctional facility
RTD program graduates holding certificates of completion inside a prison chapel
Frank Ortega and the MOG team with the Warden of Suwannee Correctional Institution in Florida
With the Warden. Suwannee Correctional, FL.

05 — Doors are opening

The gates are opening from the inside.

Prisons don't hand out access. It's earned — through consistency, integrity, and the fruit that follows real ministry. When the Warden of Suwannee Correctional Institution invites you into his office, that's a door only God can open.

That access is why the RTD Program exists inside these walls. It's why the State of Florida trusts us to disciple men across the system. And it's why every dollar sown here goes further than it would anywhere else.

06 — Seat of honor

Lieutenant Harris.

The man who opened the door.

Lieutenant Harris is the head of the CMTI program at Suwannee Correctional Institution, and he is the reason MOG Ministries is inside those walls running the Road to Damascus Program. He didn't just approve us — he championed us.

He serves selflessly. He goes above and beyond to make sure the men in his care have a real shot at inner healing and a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ. Every graduation, every baptism, every transferred inmate who walks into RTD — it flows through the door Lt. Harris held open.

We honor him. We thank God for him. And we're believing for more leaders like him across the system.

Frank Ortega with Lieutenant Harris, head of the CMTI program at Suwannee Correctional Institution
Lt. Harris — CMTI, Suwannee Correctional, FL.

Hope Dealers

We're believing for 1,000 monthly Hope Dealers in 2026.

Bring the light of Jesus into places most people avoid. Partner monthly and help us keep showing up behind the walls.