Reaching Out to Congregations and Faith

Communities

Part IVLooking Ahead and Following Up

Local Interfaith Advisory Groups

and Collaborative Networks

Different Views

PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS

OF MENTAL ILLNESS

THEOLOGICAL VIEWS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS

• A result of – Sin or moral failure– Lack of faith – God’s judgment– Demon possession

• Psychiatrists are humanistic or atheistic

SOCIETAL ATTITUDES & STIGMA

Hang in there!

Multiple Outreach Approaches

Follow Up with On-line Resources

• www.mentalhealthamerica.net• www.nimh.nih.gov – National Institute of Mental Health • www.congregationalresrouces.org/mental-health-mi

nistry-resources

• www.Pathways2Promise.org• www.mentalhealthministries.net

Access On-line Resources

www.nami.org/namifaithnet

Congregational Resource Guide

www.Congregationalresources.org/mental-health-

ministry-resources

Over 100 AnnotatedPrinted, audio-visual, and web-based resources

Mental Health Ministries

For creating caring congregations:www.mentalhealthministries.net

EducationCommitmentWelcomeSupportAdvocacy

PATHWAYS TO PROMISE

www.pathways2promise.org

A Mental Health Handbook; A Toolkit for Congregations

Creating Caring Congregations Across America

Envisioning the Future

You Can Make a Difference

If we ignore … cries for help, we will be continuing to participate in the anguish from which those cries for help come.

A problem of this magnitude will not go away. Because it will not go away, and because of our spiritual commitments, we are compelled to take action. −Rosalynn Carter

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