Joni and Friends: From a Founder's Heart to a Fledgling Worldwide Disability Missions Ministry

This paper documents the history of Joni and Friendsas a worldwide missions ministry to people with disabilities which, in 2005, celebrated its 25th anniversary. The organization's ministry, while initially an outgrowth of one person's struggle with a disability (Joni Eareckson Tada), deve...

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Published in:Journal of religion, disability & health
Main Author: Markham, Dan'l C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2006
In: Journal of religion, disability & health
Further subjects:B Joni Eareckson Tada
B Asia
B Europe
B Africa
B Joni and Friends
B disability in developing countries
B disability in former communist countries
B Wheels for the World
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Summary:This paper documents the history of Joni and Friendsas a worldwide missions ministry to people with disabilities which, in 2005, celebrated its 25th anniversary. The organization's ministry, while initially an outgrowth of one person's struggle with a disability (Joni Eareckson Tada), developed into a worldwide ministry of witness and service in which evangelical witness was deemed as important as providing wheelchairs to the persons needing them. Gradually, the ministry has grown to a point where ministries in the United States and around the globe function independently yet in a highly integrated manner with the Joni and Friends International Disability Center. Especially significant is its focus on the needs of people with disabilities in developing and formerly communist nations.
ISSN:1522-9122
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J095v10n01_12