Reaching The Overlooked
Xulon Press presents a teaching about disability ministry – a must have read for professional and lay ministry leaders.
Author Delves Into The Highly Important Yet Often Overlooked Disability Ministry
Xulon Press presents a teaching about disability ministry – a must have read for professional and lay ministry leaders.
2022-02-14
Author James Goben provides readers with a truly thought-provoking writing in Reaching The Overlooked: Why Disability Ministry Matters ($13.49, paperback, 9781662842573; $5.99, e-book, 9781662842580).
As a parent of a child with special needs, Goben combines Scripture with hard data and a few candid personal experiences to paint a vivid picture of why disability ministry matters to the local church and the Kingdom. He shares the question about where disability ministry fits in with the goal of the church to bring people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Goben acknowledges that while the Bible has a lot to say about the disabled and their place in the church, it is often overlooked. He explains that nearly half of special needs families have left a church because there is no support for them.
When asked what inspired him to write this book, Goben said, “The inspiration behind this book was to introduce more leaders to the ‘why’ of disability ministry and the Kingdom impact it can have.”
James Goben lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with his wife and 4 boys, one who has epilepsy, autism, and developmental delays. After years in the construction industry, God called him into ministry. In 2020, Goben graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a Bachelor of Ministry Leadership degree. He is a volunteer disability ministry leader, a full time caregiver for his son and connoisseur of the dad joke. His blog about raising a child with special needs can be found at www.lifewithsuperd.com. Goben enjoys hiking, hunting, fishing, shooting, woodworking, and riding dirt bikes. He is also a ham radio operator.
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Xulon Press, a division of Salem Media Group, is the world’s largest Christian self-publisher, with more than 15,000 titles published to date. Reaching The Overlooked: Why Disability Ministry Matters is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.