CCFH Ministries

Phone: 865-546-5921

Contact: Jim Pierson

Offers practical training and resources on how to start a disability ministry, including online training, books, videos, etc.

Compassion8Care

Phone: 321-723-2188

Email: trementozzi@specialtouch.org, pastorjoe@compassion8care.org, ann@compassion8care.org

Contact: Joe and Ann Trementozzi, Special Touch Missionaries

Works with church leadership to facilitate disability awareness and if desired, start a special needs ministry. Ministers to family members of those with disabilities and offers compassion.

Faith Alive Christian Resources

Phone: 800-333-8300

Email: Sales@FaithAliveResources.org

Provides Christian education resources for ministering to people with disabilities. A portion of their website, www.faithaliveresources.org/Disability-Ministry, has materials intended to meet the growing demand for special needs ministry resources. You can also use their website's search box and type in the words "Disability", "Disabilities", and/or "Special Needs" to reveal the different resources available. (Some of their resources are listed on the Nathaniel's Hope resource webpage of Books, Music, Videos, Magazines.)

Friendship Ministries

“Sharing God’s love with people who have cognitive impairments”

Phone: 888-866-8966

Email: friendship@friendship.org

Contact: Nella Uitvlugt

Helps churches and organizations minister with people who have mental impairments by learning and spending time with each other and forming friendships. Provides religious education materials, including one in Spanish, designed specifically for people with intellectual disabilities. Consults with congregations wishing to start religious education programs for both youth and adults.

Gospel Publishing House

Phone: 1-800-641-4310

Provides Christian education resources for ministering to people with disabilities. At their website's search box, type in the words "Disability", "Disabilities", and/or "Special Needs" to reveal the different resources available.

Group Publishing Inc.

Phone: 800-447-1070

Email: info@group.com

Provides Christian education resources for ministering to people with disabilities. (Some of their resources are listed on the Nathaniel's Hope resource webpage of Books, Music, Videos, Magazines.)

Joni and Friends

Phone: 818-707-5664, TTY: 818-707-9707

Joni and Friends exists to communicate the gospel and equip Christ-honoring churches worldwide to evangelize and disciple people affected by disability. They have a variety of programs and services such as radio broadcast and daily devotionals, family retreats, wheelchair outreach, and training and curriculum guides including “On a Roll for Jesus!,” a disability awareness program and missions curriculum for kids.

LifeWay Christian Resources

Phone: 615-251-3790

Email: carlton.mcdaniel@lifeway.com

Contact: Carlton McDaniel, Jr., Special Needs Ministry Specialist

Reaches churches and families with resources including the Special Education Today magazine, Access, Special Buddies, and Vacation Bible school curricula, and www.lifeway.com/specialneeds, an online resource housing articles, downloadable items, event information, and other materials intended to meet the growing demand for special needs ministry resources.

Lift Disability Network

Phone: 407-210-3916

Email: info@liftdisabilitynetwork.org

Contact: Jim Hukill, Executive Director

Connects the disability family through a collective voice of influence, innovative family support programs, and instructive learning initiatives.

McLean Bible Church: Ministry Resource

Phone: 703-770-2942, TTY: 703-770-2939

Email: jackie.millsfernald@mcleanbible.org

Contact: Jackie Mills-Fernald, Director

Access Ministry is McLean’s incredible ministry to kids with special needs. The church regularly holds Accessibility Summit (usually in April), a conference to equip churches for disability ministry.

National Organization on Disability

Phone: 202-293-5960, TTY: 202-293-5968

Email: ability@nod.org

That All May Worship is a workbook to help churches get started in disability ministry. The Religion and Disability Program, a program of N.O.D., works to help faith-based organizations remove the barriers of attitude, stereotypes, architecture, and communications.

Special Touch Ministry

Serving the concerns of people with disabilities

Location: 255 Bellbrook St, Palm Bay, FL 32909

Phone: 321-480-9806

Email: trementozzi@specialtouch.org

FL Contact: Rev. Joe and Ann Trementozzi, National Representatives

Nat'l Contact: Charlie and Debbie Chivers, Special Touch Executive Directors at 715-258-2713 or ministry@specialtouch.org

Special Touch Ministry was founded by Rev. Charles and Debbie Chivers in 1982. Since that time, the Chivers have dedicated their lives as full-time missionaries working with people with disabilities. Special Touch is a non-profit Christian organization, interdenominational in scope, committed to evangelizing and providing support services to people with mental or physical disabilities, their families and caregivers.

Special Touch Ministry, Inc. is continually expanding to meet the needs represented in the community of people with disabilities. Current operating programs and services, as well as future goals, include local Christian respite care programs and Local Fellowship Chapters, the National Summer Get Away Program which is designed to be a Christian vacation/retreat experience for those with physical and/or mental disabilities and their families, Sunday School curriculum for people with mental disabilities, a wide scale counseling program, and independent and supportive Christian housing for people with mental and physical disabilities.

The Special Gathering: Ministry Resource

Location: PO Box 685 Cocoa, FL 32623

Phone: 321-632-0130

Email: rstimson@specialgatherings.com

Contact: Richard Stimson

Holds religious services for the mentally challenged community in conjunction with the local church. Provides advocacy, fellowship, ministry teams, training, education, and publications. Also offers summer camps for children with special needs.

Young Life Capernaum Ministries

Email: scwilliams@comcast.net

Contact: Suzanne Williams, Southern Division Coordinator of Capernaum

Capernaum is a program of Young Life designed especially for kids and young adults with disabilities. Young people with disabilities – like their able-bodied peers – have hopes and dreams, needs, and fears. Capernaum provides a place where they can share their struggles and be encouraged to be all that God designed them to be.