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Mental Health and Your Church

A Handbook for Biblical Care

  • Bestseller
  • Paperback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: The Good Book Company
  • 13.5 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm

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For believers affected by mental health strains

Steve Midgley & Helen Thorne respond with biblical care and understanding

You'll find timely pastoral care that speaks to the stresses and problems of today

There is an urgent need for mental helth supports both inside the Church and out. This practical handbook by Steve Midgley & Helen Thorne helps you find, and offer, Biblical support for mental health difficulties.
Anna Hockley

Anna Hockley

Eden Christian Books Specialist

Many people are struggling with mental-health conditions, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and life in our image-conscious culture. Statistics tell us that, worldwide, one in six of us will have experienced a mental-health struggle in the past week, and serious depression is the second-leading cause of disability (Mental Health Foundation).

That means there are brothers and sisters in our church families battling with thoughts, feelings, impulses and even voices that distract, drag down and nudge them towards despair. But when it comes to helping, it can be tricky to know where to begin, especially if we have very little knowledge of mental illnesses and are afraid of making things worse by saying and doing the wrong things.

This wise, compassionate and practical book is written by Steve Midgley, psychiatrist and Executive Director of Biblical Counselling UK, and Helen Thorne, Director of Training and Resources at Biblical Counselling UK. It will help readers understand and respond with biblical wisdom to people who are struggling with their mental health.

While acknowledging the importance of liaising responsibly with medics and counsellors, this book focuses on equipping readers to play their part in making churches places where those who struggle with mental-health conditions are welcomed, understood, nurtured and supported: a foretaste of the new creation.

This is a useful book for anyone who cares for others pastorally: pastors, elders, small-group leaders and congregation members.

Mental Health and Your Church and Hope in an Anxious World
Hope in an Anxious WorldMental Health and Your Church
  • Authors

    Steve Midgley +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    The Good Book Company

  • Published

    March 2023

  • Weight

    245g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    13.5 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781784987787

  • ISBN-10

    1784987786

  • Eden Code

    5695515

Introduction

PART 1: Understanding Mental-Health Struggles

1. Life in the Local Church

2. What’s in a Diagnosis?

3. Medication

4. Talking Therapies

5. Towards a Biblical Understanding of Mental Illness

PART 2: Responding to Mental-Health Struggles

6. The Call to Raise Awareness

7. The Call to Relate

8. The Call to Root

9. The Call to Refine

10. The Call to Resource

PART 3: Common Mental-Health Struggles

11. Depression

12. Anxiety

13. Psychosis

14. Addictions

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