A Job for Mephi: Why and How to Employ People with Disabilities
October is Disability Employment month. One in six people globally have a disability. They are the world’s largest minority group. Among them are some of the...
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Oct
25
Aug
When Disability Meets Agape
In today's Q&A format, we have the joy of hearing from Dr. Daniel Kyungu Tchikala, a social scientist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose…
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May
Let’s Send the Church to People with Disabilities
Who can’t go to church? Although many people with disabilities actively participate in their local churches, others cannot. But disability care workers can take the church to people with disabling ...
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Apr
Discovering God’s Soundtrack
Though I was born with a disability, trusting in God’s sovereignty is something I was first taught to do and then grew to love. I am grateful for a family ...
4
Apr
Taking Steps To Better Integrate People With Disabilities In Church Life
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus ...
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May
Member Care Supports People With Disabilities on Mission
In past decades, few individuals or families living with disabilities could go to the mission field, even if they felt called by God to do so. Such closed doors were ...
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Dec
Moving by Faith, Not Fear: Journeying Through Disability in Mission
Everything seemed to be going well. My chaplaincy work allowed me to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, and family life was enriching. Our 18-month-old daughter was thriving, and ...
14
Aug
Writing a Different Story: A letter to the Mission Board
It is commonly assumed “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but what happens if that picture can’t be seen? For someone who is blind, a picture has no value. ...
4
Jun
Homemade Solutions: The “How” Question of Disability Inclusion in Mission
My father once told me about two shoe repairers that he knew of when growing up during the 1930s in Sunderland, a coal mining town of northeast England. Both shoe ...
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Apr
Disability in Bible Translation Mission
How Fast can you go? “Stop behaving like a bull at a gate!” This was my mother’s regular cry as I flashed by, always on the run. I remember running ...
