Description

This home group material focuses on the relationship between Christian faith and mental ill health. The local church should be a place where people can openly discuss their mental health problems.

We explore:

• common mental health conditions
• possible causes and treatments
• what the Bible says about mental health
• how churches can help.

We begin each study with the Bible, seeking a better biblical perspective on mental ill health. We’ll look at well-known Bible stories to understand how God treats those who feel exhausted, rejected, hopeless and heartbroken.
We don’t know if the people in these stories were mentally ill, as we might understand today, although some may have been.
We will take what we learn about God’s approach and use that as a way to explore the mental health challenges faced by our church and the local community.
We will be as practical as possible, thinking about concrete ways to support people and ending each session in prayer and meditation.