Stand in the Gap is built on 3 programs but only 1 mission: connecting people in need with people who care.
With your help, in 2025, we fulfilled our mission to support orphans, widows, and prisoners through small-group mentorship and fellowship that fosters meaningful connection.
Thank you for partnering with us!
It’s impossible to document the full impact you had, but here are 25 highlights.
Stand in the Gap for Widows
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Life Launch
9. “This right here, this is hope.” – Life Launch graduate
10. 16 teams
11. 31 volunteers, representing 18 churches
12. 6 organizational partnerships
13. 12 months and beyond! Life Launch teams are continuing beyond their initial one-year commitment.
14. We delivered dozens of bags of groceries to mentees during the SNAP benefits disruption.
Women in Transition
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“My life used to be about surviving.
Now it’s about Standing in the Gap for others, because someone once did that for me.” – Women in transition graduate
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86 small groups
around women as they transition to life after incarceration or other hard situations.
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98 volunteers
serving in Women in Transition small groups of mentors
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97% of the women
who graduate Women in Transition stay out of prison and go on to lead healthy, stable lives.
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21 week curriculum
revised and relaunched in Oklahoma prisons and jails
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175 children impacted
79 relationally reconciled, 48 fully reunited with safe, healthy mothers
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1,845 women
attended Women in Transition courses while incarcerated
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1,634 women
received one-on-one re-entry coaching and support from Women in Transition staff
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1 Award
Branch 15 honored Stand in the Gap’s, Women in Transition with a Founder’s Award, in recognition of the impact of our partnership and shared commitment to restoration for women coming out of prison.
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Dive into some of our favorite Stand in the Gap stories.
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The YouVersion Bible plans we published were a global expression of what we do every day: connect people in need with people who care. These plans speak directly to pain points for widows like loneliness, overwhelm, shifting relationships after loss, and the challenges of solo parenting. Through YouVersion, we ministered to 23,687 people in 151 countries and received an average 4.8 star rating.
Thank you to our wonderful partners!
Thank you to our corporate sponsors!
- Dr Presley and associates,
- ArcLight Group,
- Bama Companies,
- White Wolf Creative,
- Gillespie Investment Strategies LLC,
- WatersEdge
Thank you to our grantors!
- Mervin Bovaird Foundation
- The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation
- EL and Thelma Gaylord Foundation
- NFL Grant
- Kate Kraft Mowry Foundation c/o The Tulsa Community Foundation
- Stephenson Family Foundation
- Bruce and Suzanne Bockus
- The Tims Generosity Fund
- Temple Foundation
- OCCF Access to Healthcare
- Williams Print Services
- Helmerich Trust
- Potts Family Foundation
- ONEOK
- Bernson Foundation
- Bob Barker Foundation
- Hogan Taylor
- Life.Church
Thank you to our 33 monthly givers and 341 one-time donors!
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