Teresa B. Pasquale

The Recovery-Minded Church

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“I have been hoping for a book like The Recovery-Minded Church —one that could find the wisdom of recovery and its necessary revelation to all people, and also articulate the hurt of those in recovery addiction as its own particular malady. Jonathan Benz's book provides the roadmap through the wound of addiction into recovery and healing while also making the journey accessible and relatable to all of us. We all hurt and are wounded. In this book Jonathan bridges the gap between 'addicts' and the rest of us in a way that calls us to the sacred mission of including all God's people in the ministry of the church and finding the golden nuggets of strengths specific to those in addiction recovery. He weaves together his understanding as both provider in recovery and human who clearly understands hurt and healing, along with biblical references to illuminate the sacred path. This is a guide for professionals in the helping fields and pastoral contexts to understand addiction, understand those who suffer from this wound and connect back with the biblical contexts that call all of us—providers, sufferers, humans—into dynamic relationship with the 'first shall be last and the last shall be first' credo of ministry to all who suffer from addiction.”