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Addiction Ministries
Faith Partners
Step-by-step program equipping local church Faith Partners Teams to promote healing within their congregations by starting the conversation, providing awareness, prevention, advocacy and recovery opportunities. Lay-led and pastor supported custom local church ministry.
Sponsored by Faith Partners, Inc. United Methodist Addiction Ministries
Step-by-step program developing local church Faith Partner Teams that promote healing in congregations.
- Conversations on abuse of alcohol, drug and other addictions
- Understanding addiction as an illness
- Establishing healing climates with positive support
- Tools to nurture attitude awareness
- Networking with other Faith Partner Teams, Faith Partners, Inc. and Oklahoma Addiction Ministries resources
- Get to know your local resources and treatment facilities
- Unlock the power of your congregation as a resource
- Honor recovering individuals and families
- Spiritual awareness through the power of grace
Faith Partners Inc. was founded in 1995 in Austin TX by religious leaders seeking ways to mobilize the resources of the faith community to address alcohol and drug issues. The approach Faith Partners Inc took, the team ministry concept, had been in development over several years. Check out their Web site. See link on the left-hand side of this page.
The General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, the nation’s third-largest denomination, has endorsed the Faith Partners Team model for local congregations to help solve America’s number one health problem – alcohol and other drug addiction. read article here>>
How to Start and Grow a FAITH PARTNERS TEAM
- Read “Healing Places” by Johnny Allem and Trish Merrill
- Train at regional workshops conducted by Faith Partners, Inc.
For information of Oklahoma training events contact: addictionministries@okumc.org or call the Addiction Ministries: 405-530-2010