For Linda Manns, RN, MSN, and Loudon Avenue Christian Church in Roanoke, VA, health care is a vital aspect of ministry. In 1989, Manns, a community health nurse, started offering blood pressure screenings after Sunday worship service, and so began the congregation’s volunteer Church Nurse position. Today, Manns is known as the Community Health Faith Nurse “to […]
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Beloved of San Diego: Celebrating grace, inclusion, and compassion
Submitted by New Church Ministry Beloved of San Diego, a progressive ‘and contemplative’ Disciples community in southern California, is unique – in vision, focus and, certainly, origin. It started in 2014 out of the concern of its founding pastor, Dale Suggs, for people who had left two nearby congregations during periods of conflict and never […]
NBA and partner ministries abide together to meet community needs
Submitted by National Benevolent Association Your gifts to Disciples Mission Fund (DMF) and the Easter Special Offering support the National Benevolent Association (NBA) and Disciples health and social service ministries, as we abide together in the life-giving and life-saving work we have been called to do. The NBA Mental Health Initiative connects Disciples working to counter […]
Georgia church responds to loss with mental health initiative in community
For members of First Christian Church in Winder, GA, issues surrounding mental health are personal. Shawn Smith formed the church’s Mental Health Initiative committee after her son Candler, who grew up at First Christian, died by suicide in 2017. Talking about the challenges her son faced was a healing process, Smith says. “I looked at […]
