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5 ways the church can help in the wake of the mental health crisis
Elissa Wright Elissa Wright

5 ways the church can help in the wake of the mental health crisis

There’s a sickness affecting nearly half of the people in our congregations, yet we often choose to ignore it. We don’t understand it. We are afraid to talk about it. I thought I knew about this illness. I’d read about it and known some people with it, but two years ago, when this sickness hit my house like a ton of bricks, I realized that I didn’t have a clue. I’m talking about mental illness.

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