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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

Dr. Steve Grcevich

Key Ministry
Founder-President

This downloadable guide serves as a companion to Mental Health and the Church, offering a concise, updated overview of key strategies for building impactful mental health ministry. Written in light of the changes churches have faced since COVID, it highlights the growing need for scalable approaches to reach the 20% of adults and children experiencing mental health challenges. Designed for church leaders, this resource provides practical insights, guiding questions, and a model to help congregations share the love of Christ with individuals and families who too often remain underserved.

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This downloadable resource is the full slide deck from Dr. Stephen Grcevich’s Mental Health Intensive presented at the 2025 Northeast Ohio Disability & The Church Tour Stop. Inside, you’ll find practical strategies, inclusion models, and planning tools to help churches build effective mental health outreach and support ministries. The presentation explores barriers families face in attending church, offers biblically grounded approaches for care and discipleship, and equips leaders with actionable steps to create welcoming environments for individuals and families impacted by mental illness

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Mental Health & the Church

The church across North America has struggled to minister effectively with children, teens, and adults with common mental health conditions and their families. One reason for the lack of ministry is the absence of a widely accepted model for mental health outreach and inclusion.

In Mental Health and the Church: A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Other Common Mental Health Conditions, Dr. Stephen Grcevich presents a simple and flexible model for mental health inclusion ministry for implementation by churches of all sizes, denominations, and organizational styles. The model is based upon recognition of seven barriers to church attendance and assimilation resulting from mental illness: stigma, anxiety, self-control, differences in social communication and sensory processing, social isolation and past experiences of church. Seven broad inclusion strategies are presented for helping persons of all ages with common mental health conditions and their families to fully participate in all of the ministries offered by the local church. The book is also designed to be a useful resource for parents, grandparents and spouses interested in promoting the spiritual growth of loved ones with mental illness.