Friendship Ministries
Our Mission is to share God’s love with people who have intellectual disability and to enable them to become an active part of God’s family.
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Our Mission is to share God’s love with people who have intellectual disability and to enable them to become an active part of God’s family.
A social scientist, Erik Carter started his keynote address at the 2014 Summer Institute on Disability and Theology by saying he would be "preaching from Numbers." With data, he established the opportunity congregations and other communities of faith have to "welcome, receive, and be hospitable" every day of the week.
This revised edition and brand new resource kit guides Friendship leaders/mentors, elders, pastors, and families as they help persons with cognitive impairments prepare to express their faith and become full members of a faith community.
A study on the needs of families who live with disabilities and their desires for church.