The numbers have grown too big to ignore. More than 65 million people, 29 percent of the US population, provide care for a chronically ill, disabled, or aged family member—a child with special needs, a spouse with cancer, a parent with dementia, a family member with schizophrenia. So how will our churches serve these families—through all ages and phases of care? And it’s not … [Read more...]
What caregivers want from pastors
Mary Tutterow, author of The Heart of the Caregiver, shared some of her thoughts with CareLeader.org about the importance of ministering to caregivers and how pastors can facilitate this ministry in their churches. What is your experience with caregiving? My husband and I have a son who’s a rising senior in college, and we have a daughter who is twenty-four years old, … [Read more...]