Why Your Church Needs a Mental Health Champion

Pastors are often the first person contacted by individuals with mental health needs. Yet pastors are not mental health professionals, and typically have little or no training to equip them to meet mental health needs, as well as many competing demands on their time. For churches who want to provide spiritual and practical support for individuals with mental health needs, a Mental Health Champion can be very helpful to ensure that people with mental health needs are ministered to well and find Jesus in the midst of their challenges. Having one person responsible for coordinating your church’s efforts to support the mental health needs in your community can shorten the path to get people the help they need. And when people with mental health needs see that your church cares, they’ll see that Jesus cares, too.