ACCESS LEADERSHIP NETWORK
Resources
The AcLN Resource team connects people and shares resources to support the church’s ministry with and by people with disabilities to facilitate Christian community among the body of believers, growing and serving together.
Access ACNA – Slack group
If you care about disability ministry within the ACNA, please email Kathy Ayres to join the Slack workspace to share resources and build a network of support. You are not alone!
We welcome:
- people with disabilities who want to be more active in their local parish.
- people who are doing ministry. You may not have a dedicated disability ministry, but you likely have students and parishioners with apparent and non-apparent disabilities within your church.
- people who are family members of people with disabilities.
We want to build a network and work together for God’s kingdom and to his glory!
(Parrett and Kang’s proposed definition of teaching for Christians, p 277)
Book Resources on Disability Theology and Faith Formation
Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ's Body
By Brian Brock
Walking with Jesus in Strange Places
Disability in the Christian Tradition: A Reader
Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful: A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church
Web Resources
General Christian resources for disability ministry
Joni and Friends
Church training resources – helping churches welcome and embrace people with disabilities.
Key Ministry
Getting started – a checklist for beginning a special needs & disability inclusion ministry
Resource for families – books and articles, parenting topics, and respite care.
Heart of the Caregiver
Learning to love and care for ourselves and others well. Bible study materials & groups. Retreats with other caregivers.