Mental Health Ministries
To erase the stigma of mental illness.
MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRIES
The magnitude of mental illness in this country is staggering. According to the Surgeon General, one in every five Americans experiences a mental disorder in any given year and half of all Americans have such disorders at some time in their lives. These illnesses of the brain affect all of us, regardless of age, gender, economic status or ethnicity.
Nearly every person sitting in the pews has been touched in some way by mental illness. And yet individuals and families continue to suffer in silence or stop coming to their faith community because they are not receiving the support they so desperately need. They become detached from their faith community and their spirituality, which is an important source of healing, wholeness and hope in times of personal darkness. THERE IS HOPE!
Mission of Mental Health Ministries
Mental Health Ministries is an interfaith web based ministry to provide educational resources to help erase the stigma of mental illness in our faith communities. Our mission is to help faith communities be caring congregations for people living with a mental illness and those who love and care for them based on the “Caring Congregations” five step model of education, commitment, welcome, support and advocacy.
Mental Health Ministries has created a wide variety of user friendly resources with many of the print resources available in Spanish. This website also has training curriculums and other resources developed by denominations and national groups working in the area of spirituality/faith and mental illness. Congregations can choose from this “menu” of resources and adapt them to the unique needs of each faith community. Our resources include Devotions, Prayers and Quotations.
You are encouraged to sign up to receive our periodic Spotlight newsletter that provides timely information and links to resources addressing spirituality and mental illness. We encourage you to share what you are doing by emailing us at admin@pathways2promise.org. We can learn from each other as we work together to erase the stigma of mental illness in our faith communities.
