The Bread of Life is a community supported program accepting no State or Federal funding. Our major contributors are the Christian community of Cumberland County, Tennessee. We are a United Fund participating agency and also apply regularly for grants from M.T.N.G. and V.E.C. We are also a Thrivent participating agency. 80 cents of every dollar contributed to the Bread of Life goes directly to our residents and our community.
The Bread of Life provides many community-based services:
- The Bread of Life feeds the hungry. We provide three free meals a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks per year to anyone in the community needing something to eat.
- The Bread of Life provides special help through the holidays to needy families, including presents for children, turkeys, hams, and holiday dinners.
- The Bread of Life provides Emergency Food Assistance to anyone in need who qualifies.
“For I was hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:” Matthew 25:35
- The Bread of Life provides free clothing to those in need, and free household items for those starting over.
- The Bread of Life provides Emergency Shelter for displaced families and individuals meeting Bread of Life Guidelines.
- The Bread of Life provides temporary housing for people who are homeless; men, women, children, families, veterans, and personal and natural disaster victims.
- The Bread of Life provides free medical care for the uninsured, including help with prescription medications.
- The Bread of Life provides information about faith-based rehabilitation services.
- The Bread of life provides emergency help with rent and utility bills.
“I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Matthew 25: 36-40.
- The Bread of Life provides spiritual guidance and Christian services at our local jails and state prison facilities.
- The Bread of Life provides information for housing and employment services.
- Most importantly, the Bread of Life provides free of charge Hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, for an abundant life on earth and an eternal life with Him in heaven.
Please pray for the poor and those called to minister to them.
The Bread of Life Prison Ministry
The Bread of Life conducts regularly scheduled worship services at the Bledsoe County prisons for any inmate who wishes to attend. With the addition of a new Site 1 prison in Bledsoe County, the prison complex now houses over 2,000 prisoners in need of spiritual guidance.
Pastor Reagan and volunteers from the First Baptist Church of Fairfield Glade conduct services at the Site 2 prison on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.
The services are well attended, and greatly appreciated by the men who attend. “Since I’ve been attending your service I have received uncountable blessings. It has changed my life forever. If you want to walk with god and get Satan off your back. I recommend the Bread of Life services,” said Josh.
J. had this to say about the Bread of Life prison ministry; “The Bread of Life services are a true blessing. Every day it helps me with my walk with Christ.”
Bread of Life has been holding these prison services and continues to serve as a beacon of hope and light in an otherwise depressing environment.