This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Church and State following peer review. The version of record – Kendrick Oliver; “Hi, Fellas. Come on in.” Norman Carlson, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Rise of Prison Fellowship, Journal of Church and State, Volume 55, Issue 4, 1 December 2013, Pages 740–757 – is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/css054