our doors are open to EVERYONE. in my new member class, the majority of the members said that they attend my church for at least a year or more prior to joining. they were involved in ministries and other activities. what i notice is the norm for the celebrate recovery program is that everyone gets a listing of other CR programs in the area. so, on days that you need additional support or if your church isnt having CR that night, you have other options. from my best guess, half of the people who attend CR at my church are not members.
we have also rented out an apartment in one of the complexes across the street from us and that is where we have our clothes closet.
personally, most health ministries dont do enough. they usually do the little seminar here or there or are run byt some older members who can only do so much. maybe an occassional fundraising activity or do some sort of awareness campaign.
i agree with you, the bottom line is that more needs to be done especially for those who are lacking in affordable care and access to resources.
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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
I don't mind the Health Ministries, because everyone should have access to qualified accurate healthcare. My problem is the churches in my area are not reaching out to those who need it the most because the people are deemed "undesirable"--i.e. homeless, drug abusers, sexual (whatevers), etc. Now, while some folks need prayer, they also need quality healthcare both physical and mental. But since both take time to heal and only Jesus Christ is known to heal in miracles, the poor people just cannot rationalize the time time it takes... If anything, we in the healing business should understand "time", but patient is a different matter...
How does your church deal with it? Do you all have revolving doors? Just asking?
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