The Heart of Texas Foundation NEWS   FOX NEWS 26 IN HOUSTON PRODUCES SPECIAL REPORT ON THE DARRINGTON SEMINARY -- aired May 8, 2012 on the 9 o'clock news.   PRODUCED BY AWARD-WINNING REPORTER GREG GROOGAN:    Houston's Fox News Affiliate, KHOU TV, and special-projects reporter Greg Groogan, recently spent the day at Darrington Seminary, located inside the maximum security penitentiary south of Houston in Rosharon, Texas.  This 4-year, fully accredited Seminary is an extension of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and was made possible by the combined efforts of many influential leaders in Texas.  The Heart of Texas Foundation which was privileged to assist in the founding of the Seminary, after The Madison Charitable Foundation of Houston provided the initial gifts that helped The Heart of Texas Foundation become an entity.          Convict Clergy: Can They Bring Peace to Prisons?: MyFoxHOUSTON.com     Once The Heart of Texas Foundation visited Angola prison in Louisiana, and saw the effects that their Seminary has had on that prison's culture, we asked for their help to bring our own Texas prison-based Seminary into being.     In addition to The Madison Foundation of Houston, there were many individuals who added their leadership, influence and expertise:  Senator John Whitmire; Senator Dan Patrick; Southwestern Seminary President Paige Patterson; Dr. Jim Richards, Executive Director of Southern Baptists of Texas Convention; Brad Livingston, Executive Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Darrington Warden (now retired) Brenda Chaney; Burl Cain, Senior Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola; Jimmy LeBlanc, Secretary of Corrections, State of Louisiana; Dr. John Robson, Director of the Joan Horner Center for Biblical Studies at Angola; Dr. Chuck Kelly, President of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; Edd and Nina Hendee, owners of Taste of Texas Restaurant in Houston; and many others, both in Texas and outside the state.     NEWS  The Darrington Penitentiary Seminary doubles in size after one semester.  We now have 79 students in this historic new Texas school, located in a maximum security penitentiary.  Can your church join us?  We want to grow to 120 students in January 2013.  We can do it.    But we can't go the distance without private funding from the precious citizens of Texas.     On January 9, 2012 the Darrington Seminary brought in 40 more inmate students-- from Prisons all over Texas.  The excitement was high as these motivated  men, most of them serving life sentences, were accepted into the Seminary.  This will change prisons in Texas-- and all over America.  From the inside out; from the top down.    "For the first time in 19 years, I have hope.  Thank all of you for this school!" --- Seminary Student Charles R., Class of 2015.   The classes of 2015 & 2016 Darrington Seminary     ~~~~~~~~~   THANK YOU for your help, encouragement, support, and prayers!  Please feel free to call us if you would like someone from the Foundation o come and speak to your group! Standing alongside you under His waterfall of Grace, Grove Norwood & all the Volunteers  The Heart of Texas Foundation, Inc. 281-346-8919 Donate to The Heart of Texas Foundation Order the Movie:  www.heartoftexasthemovie.com  Calendar for 2012   Read more about the Seminary and our other work at   www.Heartoftexasfoundation.org