Guidance for churches on how to walk with wisdom and compassion alongside those who are struggling with trauma.
Many of us long to serve and be there for those who are suffering from trauma, but we don't know how to do so in a way that is caring and helpful.
This book enables Christians, and especially pastors, elders and ministry leaders, to understand what trauma is, and how it affects people, including their experience of church, so that we can lovingly support those who are suffering from it.
Author Steve Midgley trained as a psychiatrist before being ordained, served as Vicar of Christ Church Cambridge for 18 years and is now the Executive Director of Biblical Counselling UK. He writes with wisdom and compassion to summarise current understanding in this area, gives a biblical perspective, and makes lots of practical suggestions about how churches can be sensitive to, and be there for, those who have experienced trauma.
This book will help whole church communities to help and care for those who are struggling with trauma.
Part One: The Experience of Trauma
1. The Bible's Stories of Trauma
2. Personal Accounts of Trauma
3. Trauma and Church
4. Jesus' Comfort
Part Two: Approaches to Trauma
5. The Contemporary Thinking
6. Trauma and Memory
7. Trauma and the Body
8. Biblical Categories for Engaging with Trauma
Part Three: Church Responses to Trauma
9. A Thoughtful Welcome
10. Kind Conversations
11. The Comfort of God
12. A Place for Lament
Part Four: Broader Reflections
13. New Insights for Churches
14. Some Words of Caution
Epilogue: Doing Church Well
| Contributors | Steve Midgley |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781802542721 |
| Format | eBook |
| First published | March 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
