CHURCHES PROMOTING RECOVERY
Mobilizing and supporting churches to promote healing and recovery from substance use issues.
Opioid and substance use issues present major public health, economic, and social welfare challenges to North Carolinians. Churches Promoting Recovery seeks to equip Christian communities in North Carolina and beyond to support and empower people affected by substance use issues.
Responding faithfully to substance use issues
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Learn
Read about how a diverse group of North Carolina clergy and lay leaders are understanding and responding to substance use issues.
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Imagine
Explore case studies and interviews with clergy leaders, practitioners, and academics who work across substance use challenges.
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Practice
Discover faith-based practical resources to help you further your engagement with substance use issues in your own community.
“Sometimes it needs a different approach”
Rev. Michelle Mathis developed a passion for working with people who use drugs, and this case study explores how she lives out that passion through her leadership of Olive Branch Ministry, a faith-based harm reduction non-profit in Hickory, NC. This case study highlights the potential of both harm reduction practices and partnerships between churches and non-profits, and it also tells the story of one mother who came to view harm reduction practices differently.
