Walton County Jail in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, is being transformed from a place of confinement to a site of spiritual freedom.

Rev. Jonathan King, pastor of First Apostolic Church of DeFuniak Springs, serves as a volunteer chaplain for the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.

He said the ministry takes a specific angle that’s bearing fruit.

“When we approach these men and women as people instead of just as inmates, we’re finding that God is doing the work in their lives,” King told CBN News.

The ministry at the jail is a coordinated effort between the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, First Apostolic and New Life Church of Santa Rosa and includes worship, prayer, and Bible study.

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But the impact is going far beyond a weekly meeting.

“We can only have 28 men in there at a time,” explained King. “And so, obviously that doesn’t scratch the surface. And so, we teach them, we want you to take this and go and teach it to the ones that didn’t get to come today. And so, they’re teaching Bible studies in their pods. They’re having prayer meetings in their pods. They’re encouraging one another in their pods.”

The results have been impressive with 70 inmates baptized in July. King also helped baptize another 45 inmates in August at the Okaloosa County Jail.

“It’s a beautiful thing to watch as men who started the day with absolutely no hope of anything for the future,” King said, “and over months we watch as the life returns to their eyes and they have some purpose.”

The jail ministry focuses on rehabilitating and discipling inmates so they can go beyond just redirecting them to completely change their lives.

Some take that transformation with them after they leave, including one man who now attends King’s church.

“He got out on a Thursday afternoon and on Sunday he was in our service on Sunday morning. We’ve been seeing him. We have multiple services on Sunday. He comes to both of them and he’s brought more people with him than most anybody I know,” said King.

There are other positive signs.

“I’ve watched as the Lord has literally changed the atmosphere in that jail,” King said in the interview. “Several weeks ago, they communicated to me that they pulled the reports of those 70 inmates that we baptized there at Walton a few months ago, and as of a couple weeks ago, they had zero disciplinary actions towards any of them.”

The ministry is now expanding to help men prepare for life after incarceration.

“They’re going to allow us to teach a recovery part of that reentry program where we’ll be able to connect with those that are fixing to leave and to connect with them and tell them that they have somewhere to go when they get out,” explained King.

For King, changed lives are more than just jailhouse conversions.

“If the Lord can convert somebody in a jailhouse, then who are we to look down on that and say, ‘well, it’s just because they’re in jail.’ Well, the truth of the matter is we all were converted somewhere. And I believe that God can start a conversion process in some inmates in a jail that will move past the jail,” said King.
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ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ: കാൻബെറ പെന്തക്കോസ്തൽ ചർച്ചിന്റെ ആഭിമുഖ്യത്തിൽ ഒക്ടോ. 9,10(വെള്ളി, ശനി ) തീയതികളിൽ ഫിഷ്‌വിക്ക് ചർച്ചിൽ വി. ബി. എസ്.നടക്കും. ഫേസിംഗ് ജയന്റസ് എന്ന തീം ആസ്പദമാക്കി ‘ട്രാൻസ്ഫോർമേഴ്സ് ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ’ ടീം നേതൃത്വം നൽകുന്നു. രാവിലെ 9 മുതൽ ഉച്ചകഴിഞ്ഞ് 3.30 വരെ നടക്കുന്ന വി. ബി.എസിൽ; പുതിയ ആക്ഷൻ സോങ്സ്,സംഗീത പരിശീലനം, ആരാധന, പ്രചോദനാത്മകമായ കഥകൾ, കുട്ടികളുടെ വർണ്ണാഭമായ വിവിധ പരിപാടികൾ തുടങ്ങിയവ നടക്കുമെന്ന് പാസ്റ്റർ ഷിബു വർഗീസ് അറിയിച്ചു.
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under the auspices of the Canberra Pentecostal Church. 9th and 10th (Friday and Saturday) at Fishwick Church. B. S will take place. The team of ‘Transformers Australia’ is based on the theme of Facing Giants. 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Pastor Shibu Varghese said that there will be new action songs, music training, worship, inspirational stories, and various colorful programs for children.
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വാഷിംഗ്ടണ്‍: വിനോദസഞ്ചാര, ബിസിനസ് വിസകളിൽ (B1/B2) എത്തി നിശ്ചിത കാലാവധിക്കുള്ളിൽ തിരികെ പോകാതെ അമേരിക്കയിൽ തങ്ങുന്നത് തടയാൻ കടുത്ത വിസ വ്യവസ്ഥകളുമായി യുഎസ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ് ഡിപ്പാർട്ട്‌‌മെന്റ്. 50 രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള അപേക്ഷകർക്ക് 10,000 മുതൽ 20,000 യു.എസ് ഡോളർ വരെ (ഏകദേശം 8.3 ലക്ഷം മുതൽ 16.6 ലക്ഷം രൂപ വരെ) സാമ്പത്തിക ഗ്യാരന്റി ബോണ്ട് നിർബന്ധമാക്കി പുതുക്കിയ നിബന്ധനകൾ പുറപ്പെടുവിച്ചു. എന്നാൽ, പുതിയ വിസ ബോണ്ട് നയത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഇന്ത്യൻ പൗരന്മാരെ പൂർണ്ണമായും ഒഴിവാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.

ബംഗ്ലാദേശ്, നേപ്പാൾ, ഭൂട്ടാൻ തുടങ്ങിയ അയൽരാജ്യങ്ങൾ ഉൾപ്പെടെയുള്ള 50 രാഷ്ട്രങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള യാത്രക്കാർക്കാണ് പുതിയ നിയന്ത്രണം ബാധകമാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത്. വിസ അഭിമുഖ വേളയിൽ അപേക്ഷകന്റെ വ്യക്തിഗത സാഹചര്യം വിലയിരുത്തി എത്ര തുക ബോണ്ട് കെട്ടിവെക്കണമെന്ന് കോൺസുലർ ഓഫീസർമാർ തീരുമാനിക്കും. നിശ്ചിത സമയപരിധിക്കുള്ളിൽ രാജ്യം വിടുന്നവർക്ക് ഈ തുക പൂർണ്ണമായി തിരികെ നൽകും.

ഹോംലാൻഡ് സെക്യൂരിറ്റി വകുപ്പിന്റെ കണക്കുകൾ പ്രകാരം വിസ കാലാവധി കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ടും നിയമവിരുദ്ധമായി തങ്ങുന്നവരുടെ എണ്ണം കൂടിയ രാജ്യങ്ങളെയാണ് പട്ടികയിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്. ബോണ്ട് തുക തുക അടച്ചതുകൊണ്ട് മാത്രം വിസ അനുമതി ലഭിക്കില്ലെന്നും, വാണിജ്യ വിമാന സർവീസുകൾ വഴി മാത്രമായിരിക്കും ഇത്തരം വിസ ഉടമകൾക്ക് അമേരിക്കയിൽ പ്രവേശിക്കാനും പുറത്തുകടക്കാനും അനുവാദമെന്നും യു.എസ് അധികൃതർ വ്യക്തമാക്കി. ഇന്ത്യക്കാർക്ക് ഇളവ് ലഭിച്ചത് രാജ്യത്തുനിന്നുള്ള സന്ദർശകർക്ക് വലിയ ആശ്വാസമായിട്ടുണ്ട്.
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Pursuant to INA Section 221(g)(3), a consular officer may require the posting of a visa bond prior to visa issuance. The Final Rule issued August 3, 2026 establishes the visa bond program under the authority if INA Section 221(g)(3). Visa overstay rates are based on the B1/B2 overstay rates per the Department of Homeland Security’s Entry/Exit Overstay Report.

Any citizen or national traveling on a passport issued by one of these countries, who is found otherwise eligible for a B1/B2 visa, must post a bond for $10,000, $15,000, or $20,000. The amount is determined at the time of the visa interview. The applicant must also submit a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-352. Applicants must agree to the terms of the bond through the Department of the Treasury’s online payment platform Pay.gov, and the requirement applies regardless of place of application.

Applicants should submit Form I-352 to post a bond only after a consular officer directs them to do so. Applicants will receive a direct link to pay through Pay.gov. Applicants must not post the bond on any website not specifically listed in the instructions received from the consular officer. The U.S. Government is not responsible for any money paid outside of its systems.

The visa bond may be paid by the applicant or by a third party (such as a friend, family member, or business associate). A third-party payee may be located either within or outside the applicant’s home country. The person who posts the bond (obligor) is the person to whom the bond deposit will be refunded, if the terms of the bond have not been breached. All visa bonds must be paid in U.S. dollars and will be returned in U.S. dollars. The obligor is responsible for any fluctuations in the exchange rate.

*The name of the obligor listed on the form I-352 MUST match the name of the person paying.*

A bond does not guarantee visa issuance. If someone pays visa bonds or other fees without a consular officer’s direction, the fees will not be returned.

Required ports of entry

As a condition of the bond, all visa holders who have posted a visa bond must enter and exit the United States through the designated ports of entry listed below. Not doing so may lead to denied entry or a departure that is not properly recorded. Effective immediately, ports of entry include:

All commercial air ports of entry, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP) preclearance locations.
Visa bond holders may NOT use charter air, general aviation, land, or sea ports of entry.
Visa bond compliance

Visa Bond terms are set on the bond form (DHS’s Form I-352 Immigration Bonds) and on Travel.State.Gov. The bond will be canceled and the money returned automatically in following situations:

Upon expiration of the visa, if the visa holder did not travel to the United States, as captured by the DHS’s Arrival and Departure Information System (ADIS);
Upon expiration of the visa, if the visa holder is not in the United States as captured by ADIS, departed through a commercial air port of entry/exit, and complied with all terms of the visa;
Following the timely departure from the United States of a visa holder through a commercial air port of entry/exit, if the visa expired during the lawful stay, as captured by ADIS, and the visa holder complied with all terms of the visa;
Following CBP deeming the visa holder inadmissible and cancellation of the visa by CBP at the port of entry, as captured by ADIS; or
Following timely departure from the United States through a commercial air port of entry/exit, before the extended date (if any) to which he or she is authorized to remain in the United States pursuant to an approved request for extension of stay or change of status, as captured by ADIS, and the visa holder complied with all terms of the visa and any other relevant nonimmigrant classifications obtained.
Visa bond breach

DHS will send cases where the visa holder may have broken the visa bond terms to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to determine if there was a breach. It includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Substantial violation of any condition of his or her status as specified on the visa bond form;
Filing an untimely request for change of status under Section 248 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1258;
Remaining in the United States after expiration of the temporary period of admission or, if the alien timely and properly files a request for extension of stay or change of status of her/his lawful temporary stay, the alien does not depart the United States within 10 days after denial of such request;
Filing an untimely request for extension of stay to extend nonimmigrant status under 8 CFR 214.1; or
Filing for asylum or any other form of humanitarian protection that is submitted on Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal.
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