BROKEN CHAMPIONS
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Train. Practice. Go. Repeat. Obedience-based discipleship for people inside who choose it, built so faith communities keep going after a transfer or release.
Voluntary
Participation is voluntary and never a condition of help. 4 Fields is a religious program. It is offered separately from our release-day, case-management, resource, and veterans services, which are open to everyone.
Privately funded
It is funded only with private gifts, never with government grant funds.
Where it comes from.
Where it comes from
The Four Fields framework was developed by Nathan and Kari Shank from church-planting work in South Asia and published as Four Fields of Kingdom Growth: Starting and Releasing Healthy Churches (2007; revised 2014).
Mark 4:26–29
It is built on Jesus' parable of the growing seed (Mark 4:26–29) and draws on Training for Trainers (T4T, Steve Smith and Ying Kai). Today it is taught widely in the United States through the NoPlaceLeft coalition.
Prison contextualization
The prison contextualization we teach was developed by David Ludwick and Brandon Authement, who adapted the Four Fields and NoPlaceLeft Academy training for life inside correctional facilities.
Indiana reentry
Broken Champions adapts that work for Indiana reentry and pairs it with Dream Teams on the outside.
Four Fields materials are shared freely by their authors. NoPlaceLeft resources are © NoPlaceLeft International Coalition and are linked rather than copied.
Empty field
How do I enter a new field? Map relationships (oikos) and find a person of peace.
Seeded field
What do I say? Testimony, the 3 Circles, Discovery Bible Study.
Field of new life
How do I make disciples? The 3/3rds pattern and obeying the commands of Christ.
Harvest field
How do I form a healthy church? The Acts 2 pattern.
The center
Developing leaders who multiply across all four fields.
How we use it.
| Field | Inside: the person and their housing unit | Outside: the 12 Waypointers | Typical timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Entry | Draws an oikos map, serves needs, invites a few people to gather weekly | Pray, keep the call/visit/letter rhythm, model finding a person of peace | Year 1 |
| 2 · Discipleship | Leads a weekly 3/3rds study: Look Back (care), Look Up (the Word), Look Forward (one concrete act of obedience) | Model, assist by phone or letter, watch, then step back; supply materials | Years 1–2 |
| 3 · Church forms | A self-governing, self-sustaining, self-reproducing group, within chaplaincy rules | Encourage; prepare reentry support for members going home | Years 2–3 |
| 4 · Multiplying | Trainers train others; a group starts in a second unit; after release, start again where you land | Coach Level 1 → 2 → 3, then step back | Years 3–5 |
Inside gatherings happen only with chaplain and facility approval.
NoPlaceLeft Academy · prison edition.
Free · interactive · all 3 levels
Every lesson from the NoPlaceLeft Level 1–3 manuals, one screen at a time, with practice, timed exams, and a completion card. Built for people inside and the Waypointers who walk with them.
Level 1
Entering empty fields, sharing your story and the gospel, and making disciples. Every session ends with clear “I will” statements.
Level 2
Forming healthy groups that meet, care, study, and obey together, using the simple 3/3rds weekly rhythm.
Level 3
Developing leaders who train others and keep the work going across units, facilities, and after release.
Printed lessons
Walking with someone inside who can't get online? Email us for printed lessons you can mail through the facility.
We measure growth by what people practice, not what they can recite. If you learn a tool but don't use it, you haven't really learned it.
Groups meeting, people trained, and new groups started, reported plainly and only with participants' permission. Giving is always paired with relationship; commissary support never depends on faith.