Deacon brings God's love to inmates

A version of this story appeared in the Jan 29-Feb 11, 2016 print issue under the headline: "Deacon brings God's love to inmates".
Deacon Dave Loman (Patricia Lefevere)
Deacon Dave Loman (Patricia Lefevere)

by Patricia Lefevere

View Author Profile

Join the Conversation

Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor. Learn more

Located on the Frontage Road close to Newark Liberty Airport here, many a traveler has experienced the irony of heading out of town, or returning home, while passing a maximum-security fortress with thick walls, tiny windows, razor-wire fencing and multiple guard towers. The men inside, though close to the airport's runway, aren't going anywhere — at least not for a long, long time.

But Deacon Dave Loman, 77, and other deacons are going to Northern State Prison every week, leading prayer services with a handful of the 2,700 incarcerated men, conducting Bible study, and doing individual and group counseling. Loman arrives at the prison at 7:30 a.m. and the men began to arrive around 8 a.m., following the second of seven population counts taken daily. 

Full story available in the print and Kindle editions. Subscribe now.

Latest News

Advertisement