| All God's Children: Ministry with Disabled Persons Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tada, Joni Eareckson (Author), Newman, Gene (Author) |
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ISBN: 0310593816 ISBN-13: 9780310593812 Publisher: Zondervan OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1993 Annotation: Statistics show that only 5 percent of churches have an outreach to disabled persons and that 95 percent of the people who have disabilities are not active in any church. Why not? In many cases, churches are newly coming to awareness of the need for disability ministry but have no idea how to start or what's involved. All God's Children is a handbook for pastors, elders, ministry leaders, and laypeople who want to minister to people with disabilities. It is a book to equip churches for ministry to those who are mentally retarded, learning disabled, hearing impaired, visually impaired, or otherwise physically disabled. This edition is extensively revised, especially the chapters on hearing-impaired persons and on getting a disability ministry started. The resource lists have been expanded and brought up to date. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - General - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Religion | Inspirational |
| Dewey: 259.4 |
| LCCN: 92028627 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.02" W x 8.7" (0.39 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Physically Challenged - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Statistics show that only 5 percent of churches have an outreach to disabled persons and that 95 percent of the people who have disabilities are not active in any church. Why not? In many cases, churches are newly coming to awareness of the need for disability ministry but have no idea how to start or what's involved. All God's Children is a handbook for pastors, elders, ministry leaders, and laypeople who want to minister to people with disabilities. It is a book to equip churches for ministry to those who are mentally retarded, learning disabled, hearing impaired, visually impaired, or otherwise physically disabled. This edition is extensively revised, especially the chapters on hearing-impaired persons and on getting a disability ministry started. The resource lists have been expanded and brought up to date. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tada, Joni Eareckson: - Joni Eareckson Tada is CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization that accelerates Christian outreach in the disability community. Joni and Friends provides practical support and spiritual help to special-needs families worldwide, and equips thousands of churches in developing disability ministry. Joni is the author of numerous bestselling books, including When God Weeps, Diamonds in the Dust, A Step Further, winner of the Gold Medallion Award, and her latest award-winning devotional A Spectacle of Glory. Joni and her husband, Ken, have been married for 35 years. For more information on Joni and Friends, visit www.joniandfriends.orgNewman, Gene: - Greg Newman is a specialist in physical education who works in church, educational, and recreational settings. He earned the MA from California State University, Northridge. |