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The Russell Moore Show

Signposts: The Church’s Mission to Special Needs Children

The Russell Moore Show

Christianity Today, Russell Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8914 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Many churches have families with special needs children. Even as these congregations want to help and bless these families, there is often confusion about the best way to do that. In this episode of Signposts I consider what the church’s attitude towards special needs children should be, and practically, how the body can best serve these families in a helpful way. Listen below, and use the links to subscribe to Signposts and receive new episodes when they publish. The post Signposts: The Church’s Mission to Special Needs Children appeared first on Russell Moore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Into it, QuickBooks. Hello, this is Russell Moore and you're listening to signposts. One of the most

0:55.6

heroic men that I've ever known was a member of a church that I served as

1:02.0

preaching pastor in Louisville, Highview Baptist Church.

1:06.7

And he was someone who had married very young to a woman who was much older than he, and she had a son in his teenage years. Now I didn't know any

1:16.1

of this when I first met this couple. The son had Down syndrome and a series of other issues.

1:24.7

He would often sit on the very first row in the church.

1:28.6

And people told me, his parents told me when I first came there.

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They said, now if you don't want him sitting on the front row,

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just let us know.

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He likes to sit there, but we can move him.

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I say, it doesn't matter to me if he sits on the front row.

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And they said, well, you know, you need to know

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that if you start talking about anything violent,

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he's gonna get into it.

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