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Category Archives: Controversies
Five reasons churches shouldn’t have vaccine policies
But excluding unvaccinated or undervaccinated children would mean turning away a significant group of families. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Controversies, Families, Key Ministry
Tagged children's ministry, church, Key Ministry, policy, Shannon Dingle, vaccination, youth ministry
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Autism, vaccines and the need to keep our kids safe
There’s a point at which blind rejection of good science jeopardizes our ability to credibly communicate our witness to the world outside our Christian cocoon. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Controversies, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, Autism, children's ministry, church, Disability Ministry, HIV, Measles, MMR Vaccine, vaccination
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From @EdStetzer…Is the church guilty of “spiritual abuse” toward the mentally ill?
Many in the church are guilty of spiritual abuse when they communicate to vulnerable people searching for help their certainty that the reason for their distress is insufficient faith or moral failure. They fail to recognize the complexity of the interrelationship between our minds, bodies and spirits, and much like Job’s friends in the Old Testament, exacerbate pain and suffering by misrepresenting God’s grace and God’s character.
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Posted in Advocacy, Controversies, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged church, Ed Stetzer, Key Ministry, mental illness, spiritual abuse, Stephen Grcevich MD, Susan Fiske, Tim Keller
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The struggles of kids with mental illness in a sexualized culture
Is it our unwillingness to affirm the risky behaviors that all too often lead to tragic consequences or a hopelessly broken, messed up culture that tells emotionally vulnerable teens that they’re defined by who they’re attracted to and their desirability to potential sexual partners? Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Anxiety Disorders, Controversies, Mental Health
Tagged Key Ministry, mental illness, morality, sexual activity, student ministry, suicide, teens, youth ministry
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Shhh…We’re talking about ADHD medication and church
If your child’s experience at church is as important as their experience at school, the need for effective treatment at church is as great as their need for treatment at school. Continue reading
Was Elijah depressed?
What I was most struck by in Elijah’s story was the extent to which the disconnect between his expectations and reality contributed to his feelings of hopelessness and despair. We struggle greatly when our expectations don’t meet our circumstances… Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Depression, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged 1 Kings 19, anxiety, church, Depression, Elijah, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental illness, sin, Stephen Grcevich MD, Was Elijah depressed?
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An Open Letter to Pastors, Biblical Counselors, Psychologists and Psychiatrists…Mitzi VanCleve
Those of us who live with these disorders need to be ministered to from all of you. It shouldn’t be an either/or thing but rather a both/and thing. The last thing we need when we are experiencing the pain of our disorder is to be confused or made to feel guilty about where to go for help. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety Disorders, Controversies, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged Biblical Counseling, confusion, guilt, mental illness, Mitzi Van Cleve, Panic Disorder, pastors, psychiatry, psychology, sin
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Are you less likely to be referred to a psychiatrist if your physician is a Christian?
Historic tensions between religion and psychiatry continue to shape the care that patients receive for mental health concerns. Continue reading
What if medication is a tool that helps us resist sin?
Could we argue that medication (or other treatment) that enhances our ability to avoid sin or to do good might be a useful tool for the individual Christian? Further, could we argue that the decision to take medication under such circumstances is God-honoring? Continue reading
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