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Resources for Carers 

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! 

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Helping hands

Resources to help Christians manage emotions, like fear, worry, anxiety, stress, and sadness. 

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Resources to help Christians manage the emotional impact of grief & loss. 

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Resources to help Christians navigate the aftermath of trauma and suffering. 

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Resources to help strengthen Christian marriages and families. 

Resources to help navigate adolescent struggle or concerns. 

Resources to help Christians strengthen self-control and form healthier habits. 

7 cups app resource

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

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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

This book casts the vision for church-based helping relationships as healing agents

Beyond the CLinical Hour by James Sells

Ministering to Families in Crisis

Edited by Jen Ripley, Jim Sells & Diane Chandler

This book is written for church leaders addressing family crises.  Each chapter is written by an expert in the topic.

Ministering to Families in Crisis by Jennifer Ripley

Pastor Nile Gomez, A Church Cares pastor

blog on mental health in the church

Devote Woman

Affiliate Ministries

Church Ministry is best in Community

Community Offerings

Here are a few offerings from our community partners:

  • Common Table Collaborative at Biola University provides trainings for pastors and church leaders.  

  • TRAUMA & DISASTER: Spiritual First Aid is provided through Wheaton College's Church and Mental Health

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT: Hope Made Strong is hosting the Church Mental Health Summit. For more information, click here. 

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