Opinion Archive: Chuck Colson

About Chuck Colson

Chuck Colson

Known as Nixon's "hatchet man," Charles ("Chuck") Colson entered a plea of guilty to Watergate-related charges in 1974 and served seven months of a one-to-three year sentence.

In 1976, Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which, in collaboration with churches of all confessions and denominations, has become the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families. In his 25 years as head of Prison Fellowship Ministries, Colson has visited prisons throughout the U.S. and the world and has built a movement working with more than 40,000 prison ministry volunteers, with ministries in 100 countries.

To help stem the cycle of crime and poverty, Prison Fellowship, under Colson's leadership, introduced Angel Tree, a program that provides Christmas presents to more than 500,000 children of inmates annually on behalf of their incarcerated parents. Angel Tree has also launched a summer camping program, partnering with churches in eight selected areas around the country to send the children of prisoners to a Christian summer camp.

In 1983, Colson established Justice Fellowship, now the nation's largest faith-based criminal justice reform group.

In 1991 Colson launched a daily radio feature called "BreakPoint," presenting a distinct Christian worldview on everyday issues and conflicts. The program is aired daily on over 1,000 radio outlets nationwide.

Colson has written more than 20 books, which have collectively sold more than five million copies. His autobiographical book Born Again was one of the nation's best-selling books of all genres in 1976 and was made into a feature-length film.

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