Making Church Accessible to All: Including disabled people in church life - Softcover

Phelps-Jones, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857461575 ISBN 13: 9780857461575

Publisher: BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship), 2013

Synopsis

Most churches are 1) largely unaware of the presence of people with learning disabilities in their community and their needs, 2) unprepared to welcome people with learning disabilities and ill-equipped to teach and disciple them in the Christian faith, and 3) unaware of how much including people with learning disabilities will enrich the church experience for all church members. This book will address all these issues.

About this title

About the Author

Tony Phelps-Jones has been helping people with learning disabilities to engage with worship and Bible teaching since joining Prospects in 1987. Other contributors: Gill Behenna (Signs of God), Jonathan Clark (Premier Life), Ann Memmott (autism accessibility consultant), Kay Morgan-Gurr (Children Worldwide), Mike Townsend (Torch Trust), Tracy Williamson (author), Tim Wood (Through the Roof). Prospects supports churches throughout the UK in their mission outreach, discipleship and inclusion of people with learning disabilities, raising awareness of issues of language, attitude and inclusive practice. Prospects provides training for church leaders and ministry teams and publishes resources to make many aspects of pastoral care, worship, Bible teaching and celebration more accessible.

Edition details

• Publisher: BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship)
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857461575
• ISBN 13: 9780857461575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144