Chuck Colson: A Life Redeemed

Charles W. “Chuck” Colson (1931-2012) Once known as the “hatchet man” for President Nixon, Colson pled guilty to obstruction of justice and served seven months in a maximum-security prison. He had recently converted to Christianity after talking with a friend and reading C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. He left prison in 1975 committed to taking the Gospel to prisoners and their families. The following year, he founded Prison Fellowship, which now serves in over a hundred countries, helping to transform prisoners’ lives and connect them to their families. Chuck soon heard an additional calling. He recognized that U.S. churches were focused on evangelism but were missing the “cultural commission,” neglecting potential influence in the culture. In 1991, he established the radio broadcast BreakPoint. In 1999, he co-authored How Now Shall We Live?, a definitive treatise on Christian worldview. In 2004, he launch The Centurions Program to train men and women to impact their own communities. The program was renamed the Colson Fellows after his death in 2012. In 2009, Chuck Colson worked with Robert P. George and Timothy George to draft the Manhattan Declaration, a statement of Christian conscience on the issues of life, marriage, and religious liberty.