Dr. Matthew Stanford from Baylor University and Mental Health Grace Alliance did a fabulous talk for this year’s Inclusion Fusion on the topic of Viewing Mental Illness Through the Eyes of Faith. Matt’s talk should be required viewing for pastors and church staff seeking to more effectively minister to families impacted by mental illness. Some of the topics Matt addressed in this relatively brief talk (20 minutes) included:

• What is a Biblical and clinical understanding/response to mental illness?
• How to recognize mental illness.
• The essential role of the church in the recovery and treatment process.
• How to respond to families dealing with mental illness.
• How to create mental health related supportive care within the church.
• Resources to help families navigate the health care system and everyday life.

As a reminder, please forward the link to this post/video to pastors, church staff members or families who would have interest in the topic of mental health and faith…

Thanks to the generosity of our partners at Pajama Conference, Inclusion Fusion is going to be available online through tomorrow… Sunday, December 2nd. Feel free to go back onto the site and check out any presentations you weren’t able to view this past week. Invite your friends to register so they might check out all of this year’s presentations. If you were registered for Inclusion Fusion, your existing password will continue to work for the site. New registrants will get their own unique password.

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Pajama Conference is making available for sale a boxed set of DVDs containing all of the video presentations and downloads from Inclusion Fusion 2012. The complete set of conference videos is available for $49.99. The boxed set is a great gift for churches desirous of a resource for training staff and volunteers, as well as for families caring for a child or adult with special needs. Pajama Conference uses the proceeds from the video sale to fund free ministry training, including the Children’s Ministry Web Summit and Inclusion Fusion. Click here to order…