Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry, Church Support
Hunter and Amberle Brown
Building Disability Inclusion into a Church’s ...

We want to see churches start with disability in their DNA. We want people with disabilities to be targets of the evangelistic efforts new churches make, and participants in the early stages of a church’s life. One of our core convictions is that when a church doesn’t include people with disabilities, the church itself is disabled. People with disabilities remind us that God’s grace is shown most powerfully in weakness. They remind us that we all must remain dependent on God for our daily bread.

Building Disability Inclusion into a Church’s Identity
Adoption, Church Support, Families, Foster Care, Inclusion, Parents, Trauma
Kirsten Holmberg
A Guided Prayer for Adoptive and Foster ...

As Easter nears, we humbly ask for Your tender care in the lives of each child and family. May our church services truly be a place of sanctuary for all families this Easter, as we gather to honor You, Lord.

A Guided Prayer for Adoptive and Foster Families at Easter
Church Support, Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, PTSD, Resources
Brandon Appelhans
Preparing Churches To Help With Mental Health

When you begin thinking about your help for mental health in your church, the best place to begin is with the invitation, which will show you what kinds of preparation you need to put in place. 

Preparing Churches To Help With Mental Health
Advocacy, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Church Support, Care and Support, Depression, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma
Catherine Boyle
Waking a Sleepy Church: The Urgent Need for ...

Janet Parshall issued a powerful call to the church to minister more effectively to persons with mental illness in this keynote presentation from Inclusion Fusion Live 2019, a national disability ministry conference hosted by Key Ministry. She identifies key biblical figures who experienced symptoms of mental illness, challenges church leaders to end their stigmatization of persons with mental health issues and pastors to begin addressing the topic in the course of their preaching.

Waking a Sleepy Church: The Urgent Need for Mental Health Ministry
Adult Advocates, Autism, Church Support, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Strategies
Lamar Hardwick
Disability Doesn’t Stop Me From Giving God My ...

If you want to involve disabled people in ministry and leadership, re-imagine how your current structures, schedules, and systems work. It may be the church itself that is stopping people with disabilities from giving God their best.

Disability Doesn’t Stop Me From Giving God My Best. Neither Should The Church.

Adult Advocates

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Disability Doesn’t Stop Me From Giving God My Best. Neither Should The Church.

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Disability Doesn’t Stop Me From Giving God My Best. Neither Should The Church.

If you want to involve disabled people in ministry and leadership, re-imagine how your current structures, schedules, and systems work. It may be the church itself that is stopping people with disabilities from giving God their best.

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Pastors, Here’s how to be a shepherd to special needs families in your church.

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Pastors, Here’s how to be a shepherd to special needs families in your church.

David’s words about how God shepherded him have become my model for pastoral ministry to the special-needs community. Pastors, here are four things to consider when pastoring special-needs families through moments in the valley.

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Five Activities to Target Adults with Disabilities

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Five Activities to Target Adults with Disabilities

At Accessibility Summit in March my husband Lee and I spoke on outreach events for families with disabilities. During the Q & A time we talked about activities specifically for teens/adults with disabilities (including those living in group homes). Here are some ideas we came up with after the discussion and as we've been talking about it in the weeks since then: