Who Is Missing? Do Our Pews Reflect Our Communities?
Special-needs families are an unreached people group.
Based on the percentage of children and adults with autism in the U.S. and studies done about their church participation, it’s clear that special-needs families are an unreached people group. This chapter helps us understand the scope of the mission field that exists in every community.

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Church Health’s Best Kept Secret: Inclusive Disability Ministry
Video with Jim Roden from Key Ministry’s Disability and the Church Conference, 2023
More coming soon.
There is a large number of the population who wants to attend church but are unable to because churches near them aren’t taking steps to be accommodating.
Accessible Church, Chapter 2 “Who Is Missing? Do Our Pews Reflect Our Communities?”
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