PADUCAH, Ky. — Bill Glass Ministries, an evangelistic prison ministry, plans to have athletes visit prisoners in Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee, said a church organizer.

        Rev. Gregory Waldrop, pastor of St. Luke-Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Paducah, said the visit is the first of its kind for the ministries. Mr. Glass is a former professional football player with the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns.

        “This is an area that has a lot of prisons. He likes to come every three years once he gets started. There will be follow-up visits. This is not just drop the gospel and run,” the Rev. Mr. Waldrop said.

        Former running back Lynn Cain, wrestler Tully Blanchard, Tino Wallenda of the famed “Flying Wallenda” family and surfer and musician Jack “Murf the Surf” Murphy are tentatively planned to visit the prisons.

        The groups will visit the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex in Fredonia, Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, McCracken County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center, Green River Correctional Complex and a juvenile facility in Greenville, the maximum-security federal prison in Marion, Ill., and Northwest Tennessee State Prison in Tiptonville.

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