Hurts Increase During Hard Economic Times
Everyone is feeling the effects of the economic crisis. This includes our church budgets! One of the first things we often eliminate is attending church conferences. The following are three reasons why attending the Celebrate Recovery Summit is vital to your church:
1. When the economy is struggling, people in your church and community feel hopeless and defeated as they are losing their jobs, their homes, or struggling just to pay their monthly bills. They are going to make a choice. They will either turn deeper into their hurts, hang-ups, and habits or they will turn to God!
2. History has proven that during times like these, the number of people turning to addictions and compulsions greatly increases.
3. In the United States alone, there are already 18 million alcoholics, 4 million drug addicts, 16 million sex addicts, and 4 million addicted to food. The list goes on!
We know that God uses hard times such as these to draw people closer to him. Romans 8:28 (NLT ) tells us, “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”
The question is: How can your church reach out to the hurting in your congregation and community?
Your church CAN reach out to the hurting.
We know that the only true and lasting answer for those feeling hopeless is to turn to Jesus Christ! But how does your church reach out and care for those who are struggling? Over 12,000 churches have found a way to help individuals with any kind of hurt, hang-up, or habit. They started a Celebrate Recovery - a Christ-centered Recovery program based on God’s Word.
Celebrate Recovery uses the Christ-centered 12 Steps and the 8 Recovery Principles, based on the Beatitudes, to help people find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits through the power of Jesus Christ!
Every community has people who are hurting, people who have hang-ups, and people who have destructive habits. Every church has many people that are struggling in at least one of the above areas.
How is your church prepared to help them? Celebrate Recovery provides your church with the tools to reach out and care for your church members and those in your community that are struggling. This is so important during these hard economic times. Celebrate Recovery is time tested! It is currently active in over 12,000 churches nationwide and has been translated into 19 languages. Celebrate Recovery is found in churches, prisons, rescue missions, and even military bases.
By attending the Celebrate Recovery Summit you will learn how to start and grow this essential ministry in your church. The Summit is a powerful three day conference. You'll hear from some people that are doing Celebrate Recovery in churches just like yours and from the leading experts on Christ-centered recovery. In addition we are offering over 20 workshops for you to choose from.
More conference information at www.celebraterecovery.com
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