Living the Christian faith means being a loving inclusive community of people sharing a common belief in Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is the duty of every Christian community to reach in inclusive ministries with people with disabilities. The church needs to transform as it eliminates those aspects that might be negative and stereotypical as in dealing with people living with disabilities. People living with disabilities face challenges, suffering, limitation and difference in their day to day lives. One of the transformation needs particularly in evangelical churches is pressure to the disabled to be cured or healed and when not, they are termed as possessed, lacking faith, evil or sinful.
To deal with such issues and minister meaningfully to people living with disabilities, an approach grounded in prayer, therapy, psychology and theology is best. The community needs to be taught or at least reminded that healing is not the most important or in deed even most desirable approach to disability. The individual living with disability needs methods of recovery from negatives and responses others give when they interact. Confession, anointing and reconciliation are sacraments of vital importance in healing and restorative ministry for people living with disabilities. Healing should be understood in a broad sense and should not focus cure.
Instead, inclusive healing tends to focus on the altitudes and responses of both the disabled and the society. Emphasis is laid on freeing one self from pain, anger and grief that afflict both mind and soul. When this feelings gain control and are the predominant feeling in interpersonal relationships as they are wont to do in people living with disability, they are devastating on body, mind and soul. Transformation in how the church deals with such people is important. It should be attended to by formation of a healing ministry not only reaching out to, but also in partnership with people living with disabilities.
Spirituality, psychology and theology as basis for healing are transforming the Church of England through its Christian Healing Centers. The healing centers in common with other centers for healing worldwide use a combination of sacraments: absolution, anointing, communion, confession, and laying-on-of hands are employed by the centers. When these sacraments are used together with spiritual direction, psychotherapy, physiotherapy and other complimentary therapies, remarkable results are achieved. A retraining of the individual ministers and other staff involved in outreach activities is important to help them understand the basics of the various disciplines needed for familiarity.
Counseling for healing ministries could apply varying psychotherapeutic techniques including Jungian psychology, prayer therapy, and psychology. Sacred psychology is unique in its ability to employ both Christian and psychology principles to enable overcoming of pain challenge and convert them into out post of strength. The different aspects are intertwined to promote and enhance healing. Psychology enables an understanding of the power of the mind including the consciousness and sub consciousness, theology aids in discernment of divine purpose in our lives and spirituality deals with connection of the individual and God. When these three aspects are addressed, lives can be transformed and healing achieved.