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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (ABP) -- Churches that do a good job of including
members with special needs like autism often reap side benefits of a
positive witness to their community and sometimes even numerical growth,
according to an expert in disability ministries.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
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(ABP) -- My 24-year-old son is a certified nursing assistant who
provides care for three children -- two with intellectual disabilities
-- four nights a week while their single mother is at work.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- According to a longtime advocate for people with
disabilities, the greatest barriers to including special-needs
individuals in churches are not architectural or language, but rather
barriers of attitude.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- People with disabilities don’t want churches that
just “welcome” them, but rather congregations that value them and
include them in living a “full life of faith,” according to a long-time
advocate for special-needs ministry.
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By Vicki Brown
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
A St. Louis County SWAT team member presents information to help houses of worship discover ways to protect themselves from violence. (MBU photo)
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ST. LOUIS (ABP) -- The shooting and death of an Illinois Baptist pastor
in the middle of a worship service last year brought Steve Heidke
face-to-face with the reality that most houses of worship are vulnerable
as "soft targets" for crimes, including violent ones.
That realization birthed a recent training on crime mitigation for
houses of worship, involving advice from law-enforcement officials, hosted by Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis. Heidke,
the school's director of public safety, was inspired to ask MBU
officials to host such an event as a result of the shooting.
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