Disability and the Church

Key Ministry in 2024 - A year of unprecedented impact

Key Ministry in 2024 - A year of unprecedented impact

As 2024 comes to a close, we look back at some of the most impactful events and relationships we were part of this past year, highlight new resources we helped create over the past twelve months and look ahead to opportunities for advancing the Gospel in 2025 through supporting local churches in their ministry with the disability and mental health communities.

Key Ministry at 25 - A Vision for the Short-Term Future of Disability Ministry

Key Ministry at 25 - A Vision for the Short-Term Future of Disability Ministry

In 2028, we’re planning a year-long celebration of our first quarter-century of ministry. Our team has been seeking to discern what the future holds for disability ministry between now and the specific role we’re being called to fill between now and then. We have unprecedented opportunities - but if we’re to pursue the plans God seems to have for us, our ministry will need very different levels of staff support and resources than we’ve relied upon in the past. Here’s a look at what we think the next few years have in store for us and the disability ministry movement.

Mental Health, Medicine and Ministry - October 10, 2023

Mental Health, Medicine and Ministry - October 10, 2023

Romantic chatbots are being developed offering suggestive selfies, sexually explicit (and apparently, realistic) conversations, and the ability to design a virtual girlfriend’s personality who is judgment-free, encourages users to spend more time with male friends and laughs at all of your jokes. What will the impact be on our ability to engage in authentic relationships that potentially lead to marriage? Or the impacts upon self-image for those unable to live up to the images in brains scarred by pornography?

Call for Speakers for Disability and the Church 2024

Call for Speakers for Disability and the Church 2024

The opportunity to apply to speak is open to any and all mature Christians with important or innovative thoughts or ideas to help grow or advance the disability ministry movement. We encourage leaders doing important work in relative obscurity lacking the connections or platforms to make their work better known throughout the church to apply.

Courage in Pursuit of Our Callings

Courage in Pursuit of Our Callings

I’d like to say a few things publicly that need to be said by someone in my profession with my background and experience. Somebody needs to go first. My hope is it will be easier for others to speak if they know they’re not alone.

Why you and your ministry teammates need to attend Disability and the Church (D&TC23)

Why you and your ministry teammates need to attend Disability and the Church (D&TC23)

On behalf of our entire Key Ministry team, it’s my privilege to welcome you to join us for Disability and the Church, the largest live in-person disability ministry conference in North America. This year’s conference is being hosted at Bay Presbyterian Church on April 28th and 29th, 2023, with pre-conference intensives offered on April 27th. Disability and the Church is presented by Key Ministry with the support of the Tim Tebow Foundation.

Reflections on 20 years of Key Ministry

Reflections on 20 years of Key Ministry

Christmas Eve 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Key Ministry. In honor of the occasion, I thought I’d share a few reflections on where our ministry has been over the last twenty years, some thoughts about where our organization and the disability ministry movement, in general, may be impactful in the next twenty years, along with some stuff I’ve learned along the way serving as part of the ministry’s leadership team.

A manifesto for the disability ministry movement

A manifesto for the disability ministry movement

Disability and the Church will likely be the most impactful book written in our field of ministry for many years to come. I also find Lamar to be “pitch-perfect” in the language he uses to speak into difficult issues with the grace and truth reflective of our faith.