an interview with Michael Liimatta The local church is not the only arena in which recovery has made some progress in the last decade. There have been a number of remarkable changes, for example, in the rescue mission environment that are worth noting. To learn about these developments we interviewed Michael Liimatta, the Director of Education for the International Union of Gospel Missions, … [Read more...] about A Decade of Change in Gospel Rescue Missions
Theological Education & Recovery
by Dale Ryan When I left seminary I had only a very limited understanding of addiction and abuse. It was certainly not a high priority in the seminary curriculum. If they came up at all, addiction and abuse were usually assumed to be unusual. Recovery ministry was thought to be a kind of specialization within the general category of pastoral care. … [Read more...] about Theological Education & Recovery
The Recovery Church
an interview with Don Smith Another development in the last decade has been the emergence of Recovery Churches. These are not just churches that have added recovery groups to their other programming but are churches that seek somehow to make recovery a central feature of their identity. The specifics vary from congregation to congregation. We talked to Don Smith, pastor of Christian … [Read more...] about The Recovery Church