Pastors are encouraging churchgoers to seek professional mental health support alongside their faith, recognizing that while church offers solace, it may not fully address mental health needs, and that God often works through human counselors.
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pastors say believers go to church to
lay down their burdens but they may not
always find the relief they're looking
for they encourage worshipers to explore
another outlet one they won't find at the
like the altar
between these worship singers [Music]
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with the body and the soul
and when one is not taken care of it
impacts another part of your life if you
read the gospels as believers these
church goers know they must bear their
own cross
but they may not realize it's okay to
ask jesus and a therapist for help when
you look through the bible you always
see where god tells us to find counsel
in fact he said in proverbs where there
is no counsel people fall
but in the multitude of counselors their
safety grand rapids first lead pastor
sam reichkogel acknowledges some
christians have historically peddled the
theory jesus is the only therapist
worshipers need
when they speak that they really harm
other people and themselves i just think
that people thought all you need to do
is pray and god will heal you according
to the national alliance on mental
illness nearly one and a half million
adults in michigan have a mental health
condition that's more than seven times
the population of grand rapids and still
some church folks treat mental illness
like a dirty little secret we as pastors
leaders in the community have to
normalize giving people the confidence
in trusting another voice it is through
other people pastor jason austin says
god does some of his best work we want
to hear god from a miss and he gives us
this voice
child do this
but oftentimes it's that neighbor next door
door
that has some wisdom some tools
as christ followers look for deliverance
through songs signs and wonders
pastors encourage them to take another
route that leads outside the sanctuary just
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