02/19/2026
Nearly 95 years ago, Mother Robinson (who’s full name was Daisy Katherine Robinson) began her ministry as a chaplain in Springfield, MO. By all accounts, Mother Robinson was a fairly reserved woman. However, she was unafraid in any task she felt God had called her to do. When Mother Robinson was called to correctional ministry, it was through a vision while she was gravely ill where she saw herself ministering to prisoners. After the vision, she was fully healed from her illness and knew she was called to correctional ministry, despite having never set foot in one before. About three years later, she began to minister at the county jail in Springfield. With help from a group of CBC students known as the "jail squad", Mother Robinson conducted weekly services. God’s favor went before her and as the ministry in Springfield flourished, doors opened for Mother Robinson to minister at Missouri State Prison in Jefferson City and nearby Algoa Reformatory. Her ministry was so impactful that, during WWII gas rations, these facilities provided Mother Robinson an apartment so she could continue ministering. During this period, she would stay a week at a time and eat with the inmates she ministered to in these facilities. When she entered the presence of God in 1967, her obituary stated that through her ministry, “Hundreds were saved and baptized in the Spirit and in water. Families were united because of these changed lives, and several went into the ministry who were saved in her services.”
