How To Get Church Leadership Involved in Disability Ministry
Disability ministry often begins at a church because of a single person. Maybe you’re the one trying to come up with a plan before approaching your pastor...
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Jan
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Jan
Buddy Ministry Reveals God’s Love to People with Disabilities
Whenever possible, we want to offer people with disabilities the opportunity to do the same things everyone else does in the same space everyone else does...
29
Nov
Six Steps To Offering Specific And Practical Help To A Family Living With Disability
Sometimes, the best “disability ministry” isn’t done on Sunday at church, but in the home of a family living with disability. When a baby is born, an...
25
Oct
How to Support a Family Living with Disability as a Church
People often ask why Joni and Friends uses phrases like “people living with disability” instead of simply saying “people with disabilities.” The answer is an...
20
Sep
Adapting Church Curriculum for People with Intellectual Disabilities
People often ask, “What’s a good curriculum for people with intellectual disabilities?” It’s a great question! And there are a lot of good answers...
19
Sep
Special Needs Families Need To Find Belonging
Here at Joni and Friends, we have a vision: a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ...
29
Aug
Helpful Tips For Making Your Church More Physically Accessible
Virtually no church wants their space to be physically inaccessible. And yet, for a variety of reasons, many churches find themselves in exactly that...
4
Aug
Purpose, Identity, and Diversity in the Church
Pastor Lamar Hardwick returns to the podcast to talk about finding purpose and identity in Christ, and the importance of diversity in the church...
22
Jul
How Can People With Disabilities Fully Engage at Your Church?
Few things are as overwhelming as starting a journey without knowing the destination. And for many churches, that’s exactly how ministering to people with disabilities can feel. We know we ...
29
Jun
How to Manage Challenging Behaviors from People with Disabilities
When we welcome people with intellectual and developmental disabilities into our churches, we invite the whole person. This includes their personalities, the...
