1. Emotionally Health Church
Revd Will Van Der Hart
Vicar, St Peter’s Harrow

2. Challenges facing the church

3. Statistic’s facing the church
20% of people suffer depression
5,206,044 calls to Samaritans 2006
1 in 6 suffering mental distress now

4. Interior Challenges 22% clergy time off for depression
Increase in clinically ill attending church
Increasing disparity in treatment models Church/Secular
Culture of silence and shame still implicitly prevalent
Mental Health ‘them and us’

5. Emotional health in church leadership

6. “The overall health of any church or ministry depends primarily on the emotional and spiritual health of it’s leadership. In fact the key to successful leadership has much more to do with the leaders internal life than the leader’s expertise, gifts or experience.”
Paul Scazzaro

8. Emotionally Healthy Church
20% Seen
80% Unseen

9. Emotionally Healthy Church

10. Emotionally Healthy Church

11. Emotionally Healthy Church
Has mental and emotional health agenda
Creates contexts for friendship and genuine accountability
Invests resources in key leaders emotional wellbeing

12. Diversity in church
safety behaviours

13. Flexibility, Progression Informed Learning, Open to the Spirit.

14. Integrative Christian Spirituality For Health

15. Emotionally Health Church
Revd Will Van Der Hart
Vicar, St Peter’s Harrow