Churches Rally Around Everyone Belongs Camp By Ben McBride, Madison Wells-James and Sharon Mager It was hot, sticky and abundantly joyful at the annual “Everyone Belongs” Camp, July 28-30 at Skycroft Conference Center. The camp, sponsored by the Baptist Convention of...
Camper Baptized After Every Child Belongs Camp Every Christian parent longs for his or her child to be baptized, but for some families, that’s not as easy as it sounds, particularly for children impacted by disability. That was the case for Kim Stillwell and her...
Does Your Church Intentionally Welcome Families With Disabilities? BOWIE, Md. — CJ Matthews, the pastor of Bethany Church (BC) in Columbia, poured his heart out at the 2022 Special Needs Conference on April 2 at Cresthill Church in Bowie. Matthews shared candidly...
Special Needs: The Church’s Solution for Loneliness Out of Isolation and Into Community: The Church’s Solution for Loneliness In 1939, doctors and nurses across Germany were required to report data on patients with disabilities. Among other things, the Reich assessed...