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Category Archives: Key Ministry
The 4 most common types of adoption failure
This is grief. This is hard. This is worth knowing about in the church. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Controversies, Foster Care, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, Brokenness, Christian counseling, disruption, failed adoption, grief, lost placement, Shannon Dingle
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Key Ministry to be featured Tuesday night on Cleveland radio…
They’ll be discussing the topic: Welcoming Families of Kids With Mental Illness at Church. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Advocacy, Autism, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Strategies
Tagged children's ministry, church, Disability Ministry, Dr. Cara Daily, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental illness, Stephen Grcevich MD, student ministry, WHKW 1220 AM, Wonderfully Made
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What do we know about gender non-conforming kids?
We know that most kids with gender non-conformity become comfortable with their biological sex as they progress through childhood. For those who continue to experience significant gender discordance as adolescents, far too many will have experienced trauma, mental illness, social isolation, self-injury and suicidal thoughts. Continue reading
Lessons learned from five years in the blogosphere…
What makes a blog or a social media strategy successful is lots of people who take the time and effort to share content they find valuable with friends and colleagues. More so than anything else, the content we’ve shared through this blog and and our social media platforms that has been created by wonderful, like-minded ministry colleagues we’ve had the pleasure of meeting over the past five years has helped us to disseminate the content we’ve created around ministry with families of kids with mental illness, trauma and developmental disabilities to far more churches, ministry leaders and volunteers than we would have ever imagined five years ago. Continue reading
Receiving the refugees of the sexual revolution…
How shall we prepare? Here are six ideas from someone who has treated far too many of the wounded… Continue reading
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…ADHD in families
When kids have ADHD, we’re often relying upon parents who themselves have difficulty setting priorities, following through on tasks and maintaining focus to be their primary faith trainers. Continue reading
Can we do disability ministry across a theological chasm?
Have we reached the point where the distrust in the church for ministries and ministry leaders who routinely serve the “other side” is such that we in disability ministry will be forced to choose one side of the theological chasm or the other at the risk of losing the opportunity to minister altogether? Continue reading
Mobilize the people…
Most of your attendees will know at least one person impacted by mental illness lacking a meaningful connection to a local church. Empowering them to be the “hands and feet of Jesus” can have a powerful impact in your local community. Continue reading
Online community…component of a mental health inclusion strategy?
We’re convinced that online ministry offers the potential for contributing to an effective mental health ministry strategy where very few strategies exist. Here’s why… Continue reading
Promoting mental health inclusion at church? Respond to the family’s most immediate needs
If we’re to have an impact as the hands and feet of Jesus to those who are outside the church, we first have to get better at addressing the practical needs of families impacted by mental illness who are already part of the church or those who have some connection to the church. Continue reading
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