Mental Health and the Church

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Why ministry leaders should consider an annual mental health check important

Jul 11, 2016

For five straight years I would get a call from a friend in different parts of the country with heartbreaking news of a close friend or associate who had taken their life in an apparent suicide.

Starting the conversation inside church walls

Jul 11, 2016

Imagine watching television when suddenly the following headline interrupts the program... BREAKING NEWS: Shooter opens fire in elementary school.

Hope for lives to be transformed

Jul 11, 2016

As Joe Padilla visits with pastors and church leaders about mental health recovery, he often finds hearts willing to help, but ill-equipped to do so.