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    Start with Hello
    Start with Hello
    Start with Hello
    Ebook67 pages37 minutes

    Start with Hello

    By Kate Brueck

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    Do you want your church to be a place of belonging? Do you want your church to be Irresistible? An Irresistible Church is an authentic community built on the hope of Christ that compels people affected by disability to fully belong. Start with Hello was written with the goal of introducing your church to disability ministry and training churches on how to lead a special needs ministry.
    Everyone – adults, special needs children, typical teens – wants to feel like they belong. This booklet gives practical advice on how to create an inclusive church. The best disability insurance one can have is belonging to a local church body that will love, embrace and support those affected by disability. Will your church open their doors and their hearts to individuals affected by disability? The joy and life that come from this openness will surprise and bless church leaders across the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoni and Friends
    Release dateDec 18, 2015
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      Start with Hello - Kate Brueck

      Before You Begin

      I’ve read books on disability ministry, but what do I do first? Where do I go from here? So starts a conversation we have had with multiple volunteers, parents, and ministry leaders across the country. These people love God, love their churches, and love individuals affected by special needs. However, they have been stuck between believing the reasons why we should embark on this journey and knowing how to actually begin.

      This may be the first resource you have read regarding launching a special needs ministry. If so, you should know that there are many other valuable books on disability ministry available as well. We can recommend several to you that have been helpful to thousands along this journey. You may have already worked through several of those resources. Whether this is the first or the hundredth one you have picked up, we pray this small booklet will give you direction and help you implement a fruitful ministry.

      Words Have Meaning

      Aiming for fruitful ministry sounds biblical and holy, but what does that actually mean? According to Merriam-Webster Online (2015), the term ministry can mean a person or thing through which something is accomplished.¹ We often equate ministry with programs in the church, but it is really just the means by which something gets done, the avenue by which a goal is accomplished. So, from the very beginning of your journey with special needs ministry, we encourage you to release the idea that disability ministry equals another church program. This ministry may involve several existing church programs, it may be its own program, or it may never have an official program home, but that does not determine its fruitfulness.

      The fruitfulness portion of ministry is a biblical term—one that demonstrates an individual has been raised to new life in Jesus Christ. Fruitfulness starts with new birth in a person by grace through faith in the saving person and work of Jesus (John 3:3, Ephesians 2:8). It is demonstrated when people who were once dead in their sins exhibit God’s love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control through the amazing, sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23, Colossians 3:12).

      Ultimately, the goal of fruitful special needs ministry is eternal: that all people would know the good news of Jesus Christ and that disciples would be made (Matthew 28:19). In doing so, the body of Christ, the church, would be made complete (Luke 14:23) while exhibiting the character of Jesus who is the Head (Colossians 1:18). Referring back to our definition of fruitful, whatever person or thing God uses to accomplish this in the lives of special needs families exemplifies a fruitful special needs ministry.

      Irresistible Church

      Instead of creating another program, let us examine what the church would look like if everyone, regardless of special needs or extraordinary abilities, were embraced as a fully functioning member of Christ’s body. Regardless of cognitive processing, verbal communication, behavioral struggles, or physical ability, each member would be valued as a person flawlessly created in the image of God, and the church family would receive each member’s God-given gifts with joy.

      Such a church would be irresistible, not just to the special needs family looking to be loved for who they are, but for anyone skeptical that

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