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Stepping Into Mental Health Ministry: Understand Who Your Church Is and Find the Champions

Stepping Into Mental Health Ministry:  Understand Who Your Church Is and Find the Champions

Before launching the mental health pilot in my church, I spent months talking and meeting with individuals of influence within the church community, many with ‘lived experience.’ The goal of such conversations was ultimately to generate support for the idea that we could—as a faith community—be much more upfront about the reality of mental illness, in all its various forms—and begin truly supporting one another.