You are invited to a live presentation for clergy and clinical staff titled “Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission”. Churches hold a special attraction for many people who struggle with mental illness. With this attraction comes a unique responsibility to respond in a loving and productive way. Some respond by sending people away; how does your church respond?
This workshop will help you understand the church’s unique position in your community and the responsibility that comes with it. It will highlight three ways many churches get it wrong, along with some key questions to help you formulate a different response.
- Presenter: Amy Simpson, MBA, is the author of award-winning books Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission and Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry (both InterVarsity Press). She serves as editor-at-large and contributor for Christianity Today’s CTPastors.com and a regular contributor for Leadership Journal, Today’s Christian Woman, Christian Singles, Group magazine, Children’s Ministry magazine, Q Ideas, ChurchLeaders.com, Relevant, and Prism magazine. She is a well-known speaker and life and leadership coach.
- When: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 9 a.m. to noon
- Where: INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Auditorium
No registration required for this free program.
Approved continuing education credits available for social workers and nurses. INTEGRIS Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity is provided through INTEGRIS Health for 3 contact hours.
INTEGRIS Health is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers CEP #20170008. This offering for 3 contact hours has been provided by INTEGRIS Health.
