by Sharon Mager | Aug 7, 2024 | Featured, Maryland-Delaware Baptists, mental health/trauma, Missions
Our BCM/D Family is a roundup of news and events in Maryland/Delaware churches. We’d love to include your news! Send your information and photos to [email protected] for consideration. Baptisms in the OceanOcean City Baptist Church has had 25 baptisms this summer!...
by Sharon Mager | Jun 6, 2024 | Featured, mental health/trauma
By Sharon Mager HUNTINGTOWN, Md. — Emmanuel Church, Huntingtown, is one of several Maryland/Delaware churches striving to minister to individuals struggling with mental health issues. The church uses Trauma REBOOT, a Christian peer-to-peer program designed to help...
by Sharon Mager | Mar 1, 2024 | Maryland-Delaware Baptists, mental health/trauma, Outreach, retirement
Our BCM/D Family is a roundup of happenings in Maryland/Delaware churches, associations, and the BCM/D. We‘d love to hear what‘s happening in your church. Send your news and photos to [email protected]. WBA Director of Missions to RetireKenny Heath, with his wife...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 4, 2024 | mental health/trauma
By Dan Hyun Many of us may feel hopeful for a fresh start with the new year. When I think of starting well, I picture how I would like to finish. Though I pray for visible fruit in this day, I also increasingly ask God for the grace to finish this journey well. My...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 4, 2024 | mental health/trauma
As a pastor or leader, a challenge of leading a church community to be a healthy space for people walking in mental illness is that it doesn’t fit well into our culture that values a quick-fix approach to life. The reality is that the work of caring for one another’s...
by Sharon Mager | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, mental health/trauma
SALISBURY, Md. — Health professionals warn of a growing mental health tsunami either upon us or coming, especially among the Gen Z generation. The World Health Organization reports, “Depression is one of the leading causes of disability. Suicide is the fourth leading...