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Five Facts About America’s Broken Mental Health-Care System

Jeremiah Johnston -
Did you know the average age of onset for mental illnesses is 14? This is not when individuals are diagnosed, but looking back, this is the average age when many begin struggling.
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The Life of Job: Multiple Losses, Grief, and Recovery

Jennifer Ellers -
Grief is a universal human experience. Everyone experiences loss and, therefore, grief. However, there is relatively little understanding of “how” one should go about grieving.
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Preparing the Church: How to Assist Those in Crisis, Trauma, and Recovery

Edward E. Moody -
When a crisis or tragic event takes place, churchgoers ask, “What can I do to help?” We can empower congregants by helping them identify and utilize the tools they have as Christians. God is at work within every Christian, preparing them to help others.
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Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders

Childhood Trauma: Developmentally Appropriate and Trauma-Informed Interventions

Daniel Sweeney -
When treating kids with trauma, I remember these two crucial elements: therapeutic relationships are essential, and being developmentally appropriate is honoring. For the sake of children, let’s join in the play.
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The Church and Mental Illness: We Are Called to Care

Amy Simpson -
For many, a mental illness—theirs or a loved one’s—cuts right into the way they see themselves, God, and their community of faith. Here are ways people need the Church to step up and connect.
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The Church and Mental Illness

Dr. Michael Lyles -
I encourage churches to actively train and deploy “Christian firemen”—running toward those being devastated by the “flames” of mental illness when everyone else is running away.
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Rethinking Mental Health Care: How the Church Can Transform a Broken System

Matthew S Stanford -
Mental health is the great mission field of the 21st century, and it is time the Church recognized its God-given role. The involvement of the Church is the missing piece necessary to transform our broken system.
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Articles for Youth Leaders

Youth Bible Study on Mental Health: 12 Resources to Use With Teens

Stephanie Martin -
Leading a youth Bible study on mental health can provide fascinating, applicable insights for students.
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Articles for Outreach & Missions

Post Traumatic Church Disorder: 12 Symptoms and 5 Treatments

Ben Reed -
Just below the surface, it affects daily interactions, vision casting and strategic planning. It affects how we relate to God and how we relate to others. I call it Post Traumatic Church Disorder.
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Articles for Pastors

How Anxiety Can Be Good for Us

Josh Weidmann -
The truth is anxiety doesn’t discriminate, no matter how spiritually mature or how well versed you are in scripture. Fear can strike anyone at any given time without regard for who they are or what they do. Here's how God can use your anxiety for something good.
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Articles for Outreach & Missions

Medical Missions: How Community Health Evangelism Heals Lives and Transforms Hurting Communities

Dr. Ravi I. Jayakaran -
Community Health Evangelism/Education (CHE) incorporates physical and spiritual education with a special focus on prevention of disease, not treatment after the fact. These medical missions heal an transform communities.
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Coming Out, Mental Health Crisis in the Background of Steve Austin’s Suicide

Jessica Lea -
Recent blog posts from former pastor Steve Austin show that before his apparent suicide, he had come out as queer and his wife, Lindsey Austin, was hospitalized for significant mental health problems.
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Christian News

Friends Mourn Steve Austin, Former Pastor and Author Who Wrote About Suicide and Mental Health

Bob Smietana -
Steve Austin, a former pastor who wrote candidly about his struggles with mental health, has died. 
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Articles for Pastors

Rick Warren: ‘It’s Not a Sin to Be Sick’

Bob Ditmer -
Pastor Rick Warren has praised a pastoral letter discussing mental health and the church. The letter, titled, “Hope and Healing,” calls for an end to the stigma around mental illness and for greater collaboration between science and medical professionals and people of faith.
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Articles for Pastors

50 Good Mental Health Habits

Brad Hambrick -
Good mental health does not happen by accident. Mentally healthy people make small, daily choices that contribute to their mental health.
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Articles for Pastors

Elijah the Prophet: What We Can Learn From His Mental Health

Bill Reese -
Many spiritual leaders in the Bible struggled to obtain victory while serving faithfully. The story of Elijah the Prophet is just one case study model for ministry. Many pastors and church leaders can learn a valuable lesson on self-care and God’s provision to take care of His own.
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The Surprising Way This Group of Nuns Provides Mental Health Ministry

Religion News Service -
You can see in the numbers how much mental health was just a real concern. These nuns are not psychologists and they needed extra help. Here's what they're using today.
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Articles for Outreach & Missions

Can Someone Be Spiritually Healthy and Still Experience Mental Health Challenges?

Brad Hambrick -
“Can someone (a) embrace the gospel, (b) practice spiritual disciplines, display (c) personal devotion and (d) devout character, and (e) have a robust theology and still experience mental health challenges?”
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Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders

Do You Need to Update Your Kidmin Wellness Policies and Procedures?

Jenny Funderburke Smith -
As we begin to slowly reopen our children’s ministry, we are updating our wellness and sick policies. I wanted to share them in case your church is in this process as well.
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Articles for Pastors

Quarantine’s Psychological Toll: 3 Disorders to Watch Out For

Eliza Huie -
Learning from the history of SARS and other illness-related quarantines, mental, emotional and relational health will have suffered under the period of social distancing. Here's what church leaders need to know.
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