Beyond Barriers: Embracing Disability in the Church
By Erna Möller and Muna Abu Ghazaleh | Evangelism, discipleship, and church planting among persons with disabilities worldwide is hampered by challen…
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Repurposed Wheelchairs Renew Lives
By Mitch Tani and Mary Esther Penner | A vision for recycling wheelchairs gave birth to a ministry in Japan that provides wheelchairs to people in sev…
From Cursed to Co-Laborers: Reframing Disability in African Churches
By Jackie Nyamutumbu Kimani | The theology of the prosperity gospel in African churches often mirrors animistic beliefs especially as it relates to pe…
The Kingdom’s Embrace of People with Disabilities
By “Amos” Ming Raj Gurung | Every person, with or without a disability, matters in the kingdom of God. God has a special focus on those who are we…
Training the Deaf to Take the Gospel to the Deaf
By Matthijs Terpstra and Andrew Miller | Deaf people in developing nations around the world face formidable challenges. Deaf Ministries International …
Image Bearers of God’s Love Unite!
By Jenna Sanderson with Chantelle Sanderson | People with disabilities comprise the largest unreached people group in the world, today. We are also of…
Disability in the Church’s First Mission
By Dave Deuel | After the birth of the church, the first mission begins in Jerusalem with the healing of a man with a disability at the temple gates. …
Gospel Workers as Vulnerable Vessels
By Andrew K. Opie | What happens when disability comes into the picture? It often results in some being left out of gospel work due to not measuring u…
The Inclusive Missio Dei
By Kim Kargbo | At least 16% of the world’s population has a disability, and only 5–10% of them have heard the gospel. This makes people with di…
The Overlooked Mission Field: Reaching People with Disabilities
By Hilda Bih Muluh | People with disabilities experience a range of barriers to inclusion in the church. And those who are invited in are often still …