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Providing care—without burning out

How do you provide care ministry without burning out? Care ministry director Wendy Herrberg and assistant care ministry director Susie Howard of The Creek Church in Indianapolis, IN, explain how they do it. I think you’ll see the wisdom in their approach—especially their move to redefine what constitutes an emergency for their congregation.

Helping those who’ve been released from prison

Documentaries like Netflix’s 13th and Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow have generated a lot of buzz about prison reform. I think this will lead to more churches wanting to help those who’ve been imprisoned.

If you have anyone in your church who’s interested in that kind of ministry, check out this post by Miea Walker, a former inmate who served time for embezzlement. Miea now helps churches understand how to help people who’ve been released from prison. And her post offers ideas that your church can put into practice.

5 mistakes to avoid when counseling the sexually abused

Just because you want to help doesn’t mean you will. That’s my takeaway from this powerful article from Dr. Diane Langberg. And with one in four girls and one in six boys being sexually abused before they turn eighteen, we need to expect that, at some point, members of our congregations will confide abuse. This article prepares us to respond well.