{"id":342,"date":"2024-08-06T09:23:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T09:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devepr.hiro.rw\/?post_type=epr_event&#038;p=342"},"modified":"2026-11-04T23:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:36:10","slug":"beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry","status":"publish","type":"epr_event","link":"https:\/\/devepr.hiro.rw\/?epr_event=beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry","title":{"rendered":"BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-cat-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epr.rw\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"entry-meta\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-08-06T16:18:05+02:00\">Updated on August 6, 2024<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<span>by <\/span><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/epr.rw\/author\/jacky\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35f3689ee2f3617003be5eed566698d027048e62aeef3c7edab45afd58aca388?s=22&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" class=\"avatar avatar-22 photo\" height=\"22\" width=\"22\"> Jacky<\/a>\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epr.rw\/beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry\/#respond\">No Comments<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-content-inner\">\n<p>The conference, organized by EPR and <strong>Joni &amp; Friends<\/strong>, took place over two days, from August 1st to 2nd, at the Isano branch of Bethany Investment Group in Kigali. The event brought together representatives from EPR, moderators of presbyteries, delegate pastors, and staff of the Diakonia and Development Department, which supports the persons \u00a0with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The conference aimed to support individuals with disabilities, incorporating the Word of God with a focus on healing, as guided by the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20096\" src=\"https:\/\/devepr.hiro.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DSC_2267-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph accompanying BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY.\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20097\" src=\"https:\/\/devepr.hiro.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DSC_23811-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph accompanying BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY.\" width=\"521\" height=\"347\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe presentations given at the conference were as follows : <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why Minister to people living with disability?<\/li>\n<li>God\u2019s Sovereignty and disability<\/li>\n<li>To ward a hopeful view on Healing<\/li>\n<li>Developing a Health Disability Ministry<\/li>\n<li>Serving Diverse family in your church<\/li>\n<li>Disability advocacy in every life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conference\u00a0 aimed to rise the awareness for the inclusion of\u00a0 persons with disability and assisting them by referring to the word of God as a Healing message.<\/p>\n<p>The President of EPR expressed gratitude for the collaboration with Joni &amp; Friends and encouraged all conference participants to share this message with other church members and to strengthen their efforts in advocating for people with disabilities in all aspects of life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20098\" src=\"https:\/\/devepr.hiro.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DSC_2300-2048x1147-1-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph accompanying BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY.\" width=\"575\" height=\"322\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20100\" src=\"https:\/\/devepr.hiro.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DSC_2486-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph accompanying BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY.\" width=\"477\" height=\"318\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-footer\">\n<div class=\"entry-social-share\">\n  <span>Share: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/epr.rw\/beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry\/\" class=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=https:\/\/epr.rw\/beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry\/\" class=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/epr.rw\/beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry\/&amp;media=&amp;description=\" class=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:info@websiteplanet.com?&amp;subject=https:\/\/epr.rw\/beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry\/&amp;body=Hi%20guys,%20%0AJust%20wanted%20to%20say%20you%20created%20an%20amazing%20theme,%20i%20love%20it.%20Well%20done!https:\/\/epr.rw\/beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry\/\" class=\"mail\"><\/a>  <\/div>\n<p><!-- .socials-share -->\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"epr-source-note\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/epr.rw\/beyond-suffering-international-conference-a-christian-view-on-disability-ministry\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Official EPR article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY Updated on August 6, 2024 by Jacky No Comments on BEYOND SUFFERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON DISABILITY MINISTRY The conference, organized by EPR and Joni &amp; Friends, took place over two days, from August 1st to 2nd, at the Isano branch of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3123,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","epr_event_start":"","epr_event_end":"","epr_event_venue":""},"epr_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-342","epr_event","type-epr_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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