Links of Interest to the Disabled

• Christian Ministries
  Reaching out to those with disabilities or their caregivers
• Christian Quotes on Disabilities and Adversities.
• Bible Verses on Healing
• General Disability Resources
  Helpful advocacy, adaptive resources, specific helps for the disabled.
• Is your Website Accessible to the Disabled?
• Who is behind this listing of disability resources?
• Recommended Christian Books
  Books specifically geared to those Christians dealing with disabilities, long term illnesses, helps for their caregivers and the church at large.

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Christian Disability Resources.

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If you have a Christian website that you would like to nominate for acceptance to this links listing, please do so at the very bottom of the page. Disclaimer: This web ministry does not necessarily endorse any of the websites listed below and believes that we should consult the medical community even as we believe God to be active and working in our bodies, souls and spirits.

• Arms Open Wide OCDR - Orthodox Christian Disability Resource. A blog, with Orthodox sites and also other Christian and secular ones, as well as recommended reading material. A resource for American Orthodox Christian families and those interested in what we are doing. For those seeking help within our Church community and as a witness to all of what we are in Christ.

• Bridge Builders Mission statement: To demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ by sharing in His acceptance, His respect, His comfort and His purpose towards all people affected by disabilities because of who they are-made in His image, and not based on their appearance, abilities or social position. To encourage and equip the church to minister to persons with disabilities. To encourage each person with disabilities to identify their gifts and minister their gifts to the body of Christ and to the community.

• Christ for People with Developmental Disabilities Sharing the word and love of Jesus Christ with people who have developmental disabilities, especially those who remain isolated from the church community. Offers resources including an audio seminar (two 60-minute CDs and a manual) titled God Sees the Heart, which is designed for training and mentoring churches and individuals in special needs ministry.

• Christian and Disabled mail list An email support.

  
  
  

  Just As I Am By David Ring David Ring was born dead. For eighteen minutes after his delivery, his brain was deprived of oxygen. He was born with cerebral palsy, living a life of withered expectations. Until he met Jesus. Here is the triumphant true story of how God uses what the world discards. And how we can overcome our own, personal handicaps. More Inspiring, Encouraging and Helpful Books For Those Living with Disabilities and their Loved Ones.

  
  
  

• Christian Council on Persons with Disabilities An international consortium of disability Ministries, advocating an evangelical perspective concerning persons with disabilities and their place in God's world.

• Christian Disability Ministry Support This list is to connect both seasoned and newcomers to the Disability Ministry/Outreach efforts among Christian Churches primarily in the USA

• Christ For People With Developmental Disabilities Christ For People With Developmental Disabilities began in 1979 in the Minneapolis/Paul metropolitan area. Our mission is to share God's love and word with disabled participants, especially those who remain isolated from the church community because of their handicapping conditions. Our activities include Church Fellowship programs, Group Home Bible Study outreach, and church community awareness .

• Crossroads Christian Fellowship with Disabled Persons in NSW Inc This home page provides details of Crossroads NSW, Australia, a Christ centered Organization for people with disabilities and their careers which affirms them, advocates for them and promotes their integration into, and acceptance by, the community and Christian churches.

• DisabilitiesMinistries.com It is well known that people with disabilities have been "pushed" out of the mainstream society since forever. It is our hope that by reading the prayer requests, you might find new compassion for those who are suffering with health problems. By maintaining this website for just over two years now, we have been blessed to be a vessel for the many people who have found a safe place to express their prayer needs publicly, and we are also blessed by the many Prayer Warriors that have taken up their pledge to pray for these many hurting children of God.

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• Eleos Ministries Elevating Life in the disability family. It is our mission to lead in connecting the disability family through a network of interactive media initiatives, innovative family support programs, and life learning modules. We are a family of individuals extending Christ's love to the disability family through faith and friendship.

• Equipping to Encourage This site is dedicated to helping people provide emotional and spiritual encouragement to patients and their caregivers, especially those facing cancer. Resources for starting or loating a Christian-based cancer support group; becoming a Christian patient advocate; and incorporating faith and medicine as a healthcare professional.

• Farese.com The lies of those who view life as a cheap commodity crumble under the weight of real life testimony. John Farese has a unique perspective on the value of all human life.

• Fern's Homestead Support and encouragement for Christians living with Chronic Illnesses such as HepC, CFS/CFIDS/ME, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, RA, etc. We have inspirational pages, original Christian poetry, Medical Links. Also, a *Ladies* Email fellowship to encourage and educate each other in caring for our body by incorporating raw foods and nutrition from a Biblical and scientific perspective. Come to have your cup filled and your spirit refreshed no matter what trials you face!

  
  
  

• Forever In His Care Ministries An On Line Ministry for home bound persons who wish to worship.

• God Doesn't Make Cracked Pots This ministry is a YahooGroup for people who are handicapped and also Christians.

• Handi*Vangelism Handi*Vangelism Ministries International exists to share the love of the Lord Jesus Christ and to equip the church to share His love with people around the world who have disabilities, medical or mental health challenges or broken hearts so that they may become growing and serving members of the body of Christ.

• Inspiration Ministries A non-profit Christian organization devoted to serving people with disabilities. Promotes independent living for the disabled with a residential facility, a camp, a retreat center, a workshop, bookstore, and resale shop located in Wisconsin, USA.

• Jubilee Worship Ministries Jubilee produces quality children's music for autistic, orphan, and terminally ill children worldwide. Newsletters teach knowing Jesus daily, utilizing music to develop their worship and intimate relationship with Him.

• Inspiration Ministries Inspiration Ministries, located in southeastern Wisconsin, is devoted to serving people with disabilities. Through residential, camping, and work opportunities, people with disabilities are encouraged to live with hope and independence.

• Joni and Friends Ministries The Disability Outreach of Joni Eareckson Tada offers a very good starting place for Christians with disabilities who are looking for resources and support. Massive helps section.

• Jonathan's Child, Inc A special need ministry dedicated to the spiritual health of children and adults with autism; and to the families, churches, teachers, and caregivers who love a special need child. Established in 1998, Jonathan's Child, Inc. is a non-profit autism and special need ministry addressing your emotional, spiritual, and informational needs.

  Healing Bodies and Souls: A Practical Guide for Congregations By W. Daniel Hale & Harold G. Koenig Hale and Koenig, national leaders in health Ministries, offer a practical and engaging primer on developing a variety of initiatives for pastors, parish nurses, lay leaders, and concerned parishioners. Their short volume mixes real-life congregational case studies with vital information to equip congregations in helping properly manage illness, navigate the healthcare labyrinth, manage or avoid disability, and even provide some life-saving and preventative medical services. While their case studies report on the many kinds of engagement congregations have taken on, each chapter also provides basic information on the most common healthcare challenges - diabetes, skin cancer, strokes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, breast cancer, prostate cancer, glaucoma, and depression - and what can be done in local congregations. More Inspiring, Encouraging and Helpful Books For Those Living with Disabilities and their Loved Ones.

  
  
  

• Joy Fellowship A non-denominational church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, ministering with people who have disabilities.




• Luvability Luvability Ministries offers Christian worship services, Bible study, congregational nursing, and fellowship to people with disabilities in the Northern Indiana/Southwest Michigan area. We are also able to provide resources and training to those interested in developing similar Ministries in their area.

• Mephibosheth Ministry A non-profit organization, developed to bring the word of God to the physically and mentally challenged communities. Their newsletter, THE OVERCOMER, is published quarterly.

• No Boundaries No Boundaries is a new ministry on Valley Forge Christian College's campus. It was named such because we believe that, with God, there are No Boundaries to what one may accomplish!

• Relate Magazine Relate Magazine is full of stories to help you, the Christian with a disability and the wives, husbands, friends and caregivers of those with disabilities, by inspiring you.

• Praying Hands Ranches Inc. (PHR) - A Christian, non-denominational organization and a member of NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association), committed to meeting the needs of mentally, emotionally, and physically challenged children and adults in a ranch environment, therapeutic center.

• Rest Ministries Rest Ministries is a non-profit Christian organization that exists to serve people who live with chronic illness or pain, and their families, by providing spiritual, emotional, relational, and practical support through a variety of resources, including a monthly newsletter, Bible studies and small group materials.

• Rise and Walk An outreach designed to serve those who are disabled and their families.

• Special Touch Special Touch is a non-profit Christian organization, interdenominational in scope, committed to evangelizing and providing support services to people with mental or physical disabilities, their families and caregivers. Special Touch Ministry, Inc. is supported through the prayers and gifts of concerned churches and individuals.

• Stroke of Love Ministries goal is to see that everyone involved in a catastrophic illness is Biblically equipped to deal with all he grief, depression, and heartache that will accompany such an event.

• Sunflower Ministries This Breast Cancer site aims to provide help from a Christian Perspective for those who have had Breast cancer, their relatives and those undergoing a diagnosis of breast cancer, it aims to provide Christian help and support.

Peace in the Storm: Meditations on Chronic Pain and Illness By Maureen Pratt A collection of 120 meditations and prayers for people suffering from chronic illness and pain, this book offers inspiring words and practical and spiritual guidance for navigating one's way through the frustrations and complexities of living with chronic illness. More Inspiring, Encouraging and Helpful Books For Those Living with Disabilities and their Loved Ones.

• Through the Roof Through the Roof presents the gospel to people affected by disability and equips Christians to make church and its life fully accessible to the disabled.

• 2hearts Offering spiritual support and encouragement to all who face the trauma of heart failure and transplant.

• Where Is God Ministries Where Is God Ministries helps people find strength amidst chronic illness and pain. WIGM is joined by several pastors and doctors to help encourage the faith during suffering.

• Young Life Open Door Young Life Open Door is a ministry dedicated to opening the door of faith in Christ for teens with physical and developmental disabilities. We reach out to this underserved population with supportive and enriching peer-oriented activities and mentoring friendships. Young Life Open Door serves teens and families of all religious and cultural backgrounds.

Personal Websites of People with Disabilities and/or Caregivers.  

• Annie's Chronic Illness/Pain Page Encouragements for those who endure much.

• Brain Stem Stroke - Joe and Jackie's story. This is the story of Joe's survival after a devastating Brain Stem Stroke, and of his life with the challenges of Locked In Syndrome. A very courageous man who since the creation of this site, lost his beloved wife.

• Cindy Burgett, Living God's Vision An uplifting and informational site intended for the visually impaired community. This site has many resources which are accessible to the visually impaired computer user.

• Fibromama's Place Resources for Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome written by a Christian who lives with these disabilities.

• I Fell Down My Story of Living with Lupus. My Testimony of Faith and renewal.

• Mommatee's TS Page A Christian woman who deals with Tourette Syndrome offers insight into this disorder

• On the Road to Antioch A place for Bible study, prayers, fellowship, the exploration of the history of Christianity, my struggles as a disabled woman as well as the joys of being an Orthodox Christian.

• The Unicorn Michael has published 5 magazines and one book of short stories. All of these publications are dedicated to the disabled. He is an amazing individual and has been richly blessed by God through Godly people around him.

• With Great Mercy Need encouragement? Visit the author's blog, containing testimony of how God's most tender mercies sustain us through our toughest battles. A private chat room and a private bulletin are provided as a resource for people who want to join others in prayer, entertainment, caring, and sharing.

Links of Interest to the Disabled

• Christian Ministries
  Reaching out to those with disabilities or their caregivers
• Christian Quotes on Disabilities and Adversities.
• Bible Verses on Healing
• General Disability Resources
  Helpful advocacy, adaptive resources, specific helps for the disabled.
• Is your Website Accessible to the Disabled?
• Who is behind this listing of disability resources?
• Recommended Christian Books
  Books specifically geared to those Christians dealing with disabilities, long term illnesses, helps for their caregivers and the church at large.

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