Jonathan Benz 
The Recovery-Minded Church [EPUB ebook] 
Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction

You want to have vibrant and healthy relationships with those who struggle with addiction in your church and community. But you find yourself wondering how to meet their needs in a wise, helpful and God-honoring way.The Recovery-Minded Church addresses the pressing questions you are facing in ministering to those with addictions. Here you will discover a clinically informed, biblical and theological framework to love the addicts in your midst and also practical tools to help you succeed in doing so, including discussion questions after each chapter for use in small group settings.God desires to welcome his prodigal children with open arms and a spirit of celebration. We need to reflect this same kind of grace and mercy in our ministry to those with addictions, to move our churches from being recovery-resistant to recovery-minded.

İçerik tablosu

Introduction
Section 1: Tools for Loving People with Addiction
1. Responding to Addiction
2. The Intervention
3. Myths About Addiction
Section 2: Tools for Creating a Recovery-Friendly Church
4. Cultivating a Culture of Long-Term Sobriety
5. Ending the Shame
6. The Practice of Attentive Listening
7. The Practice of Healing
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Resources for Ministry
Notes

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Kristina Robb-Dover (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is a writer and minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and has served in various church and chaplaincy settings. She is the author of Grace Sticks: The Bumper Sticker Gospel for Restless Souls. As a featured columnist with the online magazine Beliefnet, Robb-Dover posts regularly at her blog ‘Fellowship of Saints and Sinners, ‘ and her work has appeared in various publications, including Touchstone, The Christian Century, Theology Today and The Washington Post. She resides in Atlanta, Georgia.