Rent Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion

Synopsis

Lamar Hardwick was thirty-six years old when he found out he was on the autism spectrum. While this revelation helped him understand and process his own experience, it also prompted a difficult reevaluation of who he was as a person. And as a pastor, it started him on a new path of considering the way people with disabilities are treated in the church. Disability and the Church is a practical and theological reconsideration of the church's responsibilities to the community of people with disabilities. Too often, people who have disabilities are pushed away from the church or made to feel unwelcome in any number of ways. But as Hardwick writes, "This should not be." He insists that the good news of Jesus affirms God's image in all people, and offers practical steps and strategies to build stronger, truly inclusive communities of faith.

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