Description
This web resource helps congregations equip everyday people to offer peer-to-peer spiritual and emotional support. Spiritual First Aid transforms volunteers, lay leaders, and caregivers into confident first responders during mental health challenges by teaching a trauma-informed, biblically grounded framework. Its certification programs offer practical tools to help participants assess unmet emotional and spiritual needs, avoid burnout, and take meaningful action without requiring professional mental health credentials. With user-friendly content and flexible formats, Spiritual First Aid empowers congregations to become communities of care.
Features
- On-demand certificate course
- Facilitator-led group certificate course
- Workshop certificate course
- Child and adolescent mini course
- BLESS CPR step-by-step framework
- Online training videos
- Downloadable field guide, workbook, and tools
- Weekly email with free resources
Practical Applications
- Train congregational staff and volunteers to respond confidently to emotional and spiritual distress.
- Use the BLESS CPR model to build a care team equipped for trauma-informed ministry.
- Offer the child and adolescent mini course to prepare adults in your congregation for supporting young people in crisis.
