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VISION: To create a community where individuals affected by mental health challenges can live full, rich, and purpose-filled lives with wellness and wholeness. To see the faith community well equipped to care for their people with mental health challenges and to help them care for people in their community.
MISSION: To empower and equip people with mental health diagnoses and their loved ones to thrive despite their challenges through Christ-centered peer support groups, online forums, educational opportunities, and faith-filled mental health resources.
Christ-Centered Approach
Faith-Based Principles
Peer Support Model
Holistic View
Biblical Foundation
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How does Fresh Hope Integrate Faith into Mental Health Support?
FRESH HOPE INTEGRATE FAITH INTO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN SEVERAL WAYS:
Christ-Centered Approach
Fresh Hope is described as a “Christ-centered wellness approach to mental health recovery”. The organisation emphasizes that hope rooted in faith is a powerful antidote to the hopelessness often experienced with mental health challlenges.
Faith-Based
Principles
The program is based on six tenets (principles) that connect faith and recovery principles. These tenets empower individuals to live “full and rich faith-filled lives” despite mental health diagnoses.
Spiritual Component
Fresh Hope recognizes that wellness encompasses mental, physical and spiritual aspects. Their support groups provide a safe space for people to process their pain and experience “faith-filled hope”.
Biblical Foundation
The organisation cites Bible verses like Philippians 4:13 as inspiration: “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength”. This reinforces the idea that faith can be a source of strength in mental health recovery.
Church Involvement
Fresh Hope challenges Christian churches to address mental health needs in their communities and provide compassionate, understanding support. This integrates mental health care into faith communities.
Peer Support Model
The program uses a peer-to-peer model, where people who have “been there” and are now living well share their experiences of integrating faith and mental health recovery.
Holistic View
Rather than separating faith and mental health treatment, Fresh Hope aims to be a “bridge” that guides people from diagnosis to living well, incorporating both medical treatment and spiritual support.
Complementary
By weaving faith principles throughout their approach, Fresh Hope offers a distinctly Christian perspective on mental health support and recovery. The organization sees faith as complementary to, rather than separate from, other aspects of mental health care.
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FRESH HOPE INTEGRATE FAITH INTO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN SEVERAL WAYS:
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