The Youth Mental Health Crisis: A Vision for the North American Church’s Response
I’d like us to focus on the most important manifestation of the youth mental health crisis that the church needs to address, share a number of ideas for how local churches and individual Christians might care for and support the kids and families affected and consider what leaders within the institutions and ministries of the “Big C” church might do to promote the movement beginning to sprout to address the needs of kids and adults in our culture struggling with mental health issues.
Confidence in Knowing God Will Finish What He Starts: Podcast Episode 077
In this week’s episode, Garett shares a follow up story on a message from a previous episode while also discussing how the apostle Paul’s words of encouragement to the church at Philippi should also be a message of encouragement to anyone on the journey to take the hope of Jesus Christ and the love of his church to the special needs community.
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.
Mental Health, Medicine and Ministry - September 5, 2023
Courage in Pursuit of Our Callings
Why you and your ministry teammates need to attend Disability and the Church (DATC23)
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
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.
Discovering the next generation of disability ministry leaders - Call for Speakers for Disability and the Church (#DATC2023)
Ten thoughts about the new LifeWay study on pastors, mental health and the church
LifeWay Research released the results of an updated study exploring U.S. Protestant pastors’ experiences with mental illness and the support their churches offer to affected individuals and families.