1.  Question: Why is there a need for an Abilities Church?  Answer: There is a need for an Abilities Church because of three important reasons:  a. Lack of interest in people with disabilities  b. Lack of identification with people with disabilities and  c. Lack of inclusion with people with disabilities

2. Question: How have traditional churches segregated and discriminated against people with disabilities? Answer:  Most churches have subconsciously favored the physically and intellectually strong over the weak.  They have not given people with disabilities an equal opportunity to worship and minister within the church and have many times segregated them into special needs classes or programs

3. Question: Who will benefit for The Abilities Church?  Answer: Everyone.  The Abilities Church is benefiting the whole community and  church by bringing all people together to celebrate our faith, diversity and inclusion as one people.  People without disabilities can learn more from people with disabilities than they can from us.

4. Question: What denomination is The Abilities Church?  Answer: Non-denominational

5. Question: What are some practical  ways all churches can become more inclusive towards people with disabilities?  Answer: There are two ways every church can become more inclusive; first by organizing regular worship services that attempt to maintain an equal congregational balance between people with and without disabilities and second by organizing regular COMMUNITY INCLUSION CONCERTS AND EVENTS.

6. Questions: What kind of disabilities are represented at The Abilities Church. Answer: All disabilities.  We believe that every human being has either visible or invisible disabilities. There are physical, intellectual/development, learning/cognitive, psychological/mental, chronic, genetic, emotional, social, spiritual and aging disabilities.

7. Question: How do churches practice segregation?  Answer: We believe all churches engage in segregation at some level.  We need to consciously challenge segregation within the church on a regular basis.  Churches segregate and discriminate on the bases of denominational distinctive's, theology, worship style, education, age, race, social status, appearance, abilities etc.

8. Question: Your tag line reads "The church for real people".  Are you suggesting that other churches are not real and that you are?  Answer: Yes and No!   We believe that no human being is completely real all the time.  Only God is 100% real all the time. All people and churches are a product of  their social and religious conditioning therefore we are not always real. There are 3 reasons why we call ourselves "The church for real people":

1. Many people hide behind false pretenses

2. Many Christians wear masks of performance

3. Many Churches are stereotypical and plastic

People with disabilities, especially intellectually disabilities teach us about being real and authentic because many of them have a faith and thinking that is childlike.  They are sincere, simple, spontaneous, sensitive, and spiritual because they have not been conditioned by the social and religious conditionings of our society.

Please send us your questions at:

abilitieschurch@bell.net