ABOUT:

Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries equips the Church to support mental health and wellbeing.

We provide resources that meaningfully engage the topics of faith and mental health. Our content is developed in collaboration with theologians, mental health professionals, and people with lived experience of mental health challenges. These resources prepare communities of faith around the world to raise awareness, reduce stigma, support mental health, and promote mental wellbeing.

Their youth resource is centred on the pressing questions that young people are asking about faith and mental health. It provides space to engage these questions and start important conversations in youth ministries and church communities.

In the summer of 2020, we conducted a global study and asked young people what they want to know about mental health and faith. In conjunction with additional research, this study enabled us to identify the issues youth are grappling with today.

Questions that emerged include:

• What’s good about mental health? 

• What does the Bible say about mental health? 

• Why do I feel this way? 

• What happens when we talk about mental health challenges? 

• If you have a mental health challenge, can you get better?

• How can I help my friend?

• What can I do to take care of my mental health?

Their youth resource, designed for students eleven to fifteen years of age, explores each of these questions, drawing on insights from mental health professionals, theologians, youth pastors, and evidence-based research.