Resources for Helpers
Our team has hand-picked and created curriculums for common areas of need in the church. Click on each of the categories to check out our hand-picked resources!
This page is under construction - come back next month for more!
Resources to help Christians manage emotions, like fear, worry, anxiety, stress, and sadness.
Resources to help Christians manage the emotional impact of grief.
Resources to help Christians navigate the aftermath of trauma and suffering.
7 cups of tea app is available to everyone in The Church Cares ministry. Your church may have a specific entrance into the app, ask your leader
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Free chatrooms for Christians
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24/7 Support
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Multilingual Functionality
Curated Recommendations
Below are some recommendations for Podcasts and Resources for Church-based helping relationships and ministries.
Dr Jen's Spotify List
Dr Jen Ripley's spotify list of podcasts focused on helping relationships
Beyond the Clinical Hour by
Jim Sells, Amy Trout & Heather Sells
Ministering to Families in Crisis
Edited by Jen Ripley, Jim Sells & Diane Chandler
Affiliate Ministries
Church Ministry is best in Community
Community Offerings
Here are a few offerings from our community partners:
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Common Table Collaborative at Biola University provides trainings for pastors and church leaders.
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TRAUMA & DISASTER: Spiritual First Aid is provided through Wheaton College's Church and Mental Health
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TRAINING: Church Well Co hosts trainings like on "Pastoring in a Traumatized World: Reimagining our Understanding, Responsibility, and Response to a Suffering World" on for pastors and church leaders
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PEER GROUPS: The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology's Center for Transforming Engagement announces Resilience Circles for pastors, ministry leaders, educators, and non-profit leaders this fall.
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FORMATION PROGRAM: Boston University’s Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute have developed CHRYSALIS, an empirically based personal and professional formation program to address helping professionals' sense of burnout and vicarious trauma. For more information about this free 8-week online program for chaplains and clergy, click here.
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MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT: Hope Made Strong is hosting the Church Mental Health Summit. For more information, click here.