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jjjjj Other videos in this series: Neediness: the Human ConditionWhen Shame Is the Name of the Game – Part 1When Shame Is the Name of the Game – Part 2 These presentations are part of a twelve part course available (in much higher video quality) on three DVD’s. The entire class can be purchased here. For additional information about Jeff VanVonderen visit his web site at … [Read more...] about How Family Systems Become Dysfunctional

These videos are intended primarily for pastors and lay leaders of recovery ministries. … [Read more...] about Recovery Ministry in the Local Church

by Dale Ryan Making amends is not easy. It is certainly not instinctive for us. There is a reason why many of us need to spend so much time on Step 8 of the Twelve Steps, in which we become "willing to make amends." We need to prepare for actually making amends because there is often a deep unwillingness in us. Something in each of us resists taking this kind of very practical responsibility … [Read more...] about Becoming Willing

an interview with Tom Sharp The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in acceptance of recovery ministry in the local church. The most obvious sign of this change is that many congregations now have ‘recovery pastors' as part of their staff team—something few of us imagined was possible a decade ago. Tom Sharp is the Recovery Pastor at Capo Beach Calvary Chapel in Capistrano Beach, … [Read more...] about A Decade of Recovery Ministry in the Local Church

by Barbara Milligan By the time I was 12 or so, I was a committed Christian. But despite my personal commitment to Jesus and my involvement in a church community, I began to have some basic doubts about God. I was haunted by questions like, Am I really saved? Does God really love me? Is there really a God, and did Jesus really die for me, or did somebody make all this up? I asked Jesus into my … [Read more...] about Recovery from Doubt: Experiencing God

by Dale Ryan I have met people who think that recovery turns ordinary individuals into whining, self-absorbed, irresponsible, blaming, childish, incompetent, unbalanced, personality-disordered victims. (Why does that sound like the story line from a B-grade sci-fi thriller? The Recovery Mutants from Zardoz spread terror by seeding alien thoughts into the minds of helpless Americans!). Other … [Read more...] about Recovery Mutants from Zardoz

by Dale Ryan Not long ago I spent an afternoon with a faculty member at one of the most respected evangelical theological seminaries in America. After discussing a number of topics he surprised me with the following statement: "I have never met a person whose personal problems couldn't be solved in five hours. You just need the discernment to recognize which demonic influences are present and … [Read more...] about On Quick Fixes

by Dale Wolery It is so unequivocal. Straightforward. Obvious. The answer is not a complicated one at all. What is the question? Why would any one get help? Why would anyone choose to go to a recovery group meeting? If only your spouse knows about it, why go to group? Why would a normal person like me call a therapist? Why would a successful pastor see a counselor? Why get help? The answer? … [Read more...] about Getting Help

The NACR does NOT endorse any particular strategy for doing recovery ministry in the local church. There are no "NACR groups" who do things the "NACR way". It is our conviction that we are still in the very early stages of development of recovery ministry and that it is important to leave a lot of room for creativity, innovation and new approaches. We also think that developing recovery ministry … [Read more...] about Center for Recovery Ministry in the Local Church