Churches are, of course, integral parts of their communities and are often on the front line of responding to disasters, both practically and pastorally. Experience from previous epidemics has shown that churches are particularly well-placed to build trust and hope, to counter fear, and to build community resilience as well as individual mental and spiritual resilience.
In this section:
SPIRITUAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES:
PRACTICAL ACTION:
- Supporting community preparedness for COVID-19
- Supporting impoverished, vulnerable and marginalised groups – including refugees and migrants; victims and survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery; people living with HIV/AIDS
- Examples of how churches across the Anglican Communion are supporting impoverished, vulnerable and marginalised people in their communities
- Supporting people in lockdown, including supporting children at home; caring for people with COVID-19; maintaining good mental health; tackling domestic abuse
- Church and community engagement, including tackling stigma and discrimination
- Supporting people through death and bereavement, including talking about death and dying; handling the deceased with dignity and respect, safe funerals and alternative goodbyes; bereavement and grief
- Reopening churches as safely as possible
- Building a more connected, resilient and compassionate society for the future (under development)
- Other resource hubs on faith-based responses to COVID-19
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