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christian counseling today
Vol. 21 no. 2
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Since its very beginning, the Church has been involved in social
justice movements to serve and comfort the “least of these.” It
has always stepped up to be the hands and feet of Jesus here
on earth, whether the problem was orphans, widows, slavery,
poverty or disease. Many of these causes were popularized within
the Church through broad movements. Often these movements
began out of necessity because a particular need was so great.
Hundreds of millions of people have been served through these
church movements and, even more importantly, hundreds of
millions around the world have heard the Gospel. Presently, active
social justice movements within the Church include HIV/AIDS,
homelessness, human trafficking, access to clean water, and
hunger. All of these are important and significant issues, but I have
often wondered why there has never been a movement focusing
on mental illness.
Mat thew S . Stanford
Rethinking
Mental
Healthcare
How the Church
Can Transform a
Broken System