Everyone knows someone who is affected by addiction.

Addiction is epidemic in our country -- families and communities are suffering.  How should the church respond?

"I think if our communities were suffering from a famine or from draught, we'd be ministering in those ways, but our families in our communities today are suffering from addiction or issues related to being unhealthy or rigid in the way we relate," says Teresa McBean, founder of the NorthStar Community recovery ministry.

CCN invites your leadership teams to learn new steps in responding to the call of Jesus to love the hurting, the broken, and lost by Developing a Recovery Ministry for Your Church.

Recovery is messy, complicated, and none of the steps to building a recovery ministry are necessarily easy. Leaders have legitimate questions and fears: What kinds of people will show up? Isn't this a ministry that is only suitable for large churches or downtown congregations?

This program will challenge the misconceptions and give your team a glimpse of the exciting gifts that a recovery ministry brings to a community.

Discover how a recovery ministry will:

• Introduce new levels of honesty and vulnerability.
• Take the hope of the Gospel into your community.
• Bring greater diversity to the church.
• Break down socioeconomic barriers.
• Transform lives!

Not only will you uncover the exciting calling of recovery ministry, but you'll learn the practical "how to's" of getting this ministry started at your church.

You'll learn how to:

• Build a team and a vision.
• Break down walls between people.
• Attract rather than promote.
• Take your first steps.
• Understand the challenges.

"This ministry will break your heart, and it will bring you to the brink of an encounter with Christ that is absolutely indescribable!" affirms Matt Russell.

Recovery...It is truly the good life. It is the Gospel come to life!