About Us

Mission
The mission of Faith Connections on Mental Illness is to work with all local faith communities to advocate for and to support and educate individuals and families who are living with mental illness.
Impetus
MENTAL ILLNESS is everywhere . . .

. . . Headlines stream in local media

. . . Heartaches scream from our homes

. . . Our prisons, streets, and homeless
       shelters overflow
1 in 4 adults will experience a mental health disorder in any given year. In other words, almost every single person in any given congregation is touched by the sadness, stigma, lack of emotional and financial support, and barriers to resources engendered by MENTAL ILLNESS.

Faith Connections on Mental Illness refuses to bow to the hopelessness and believes that ignorance is the biggest barrier of all. We invite you to join us in our efforts to increase understanding of mental illness through Education, Advocacy, and Support.

 
History

Faith Connections on Mental Illness was formed in January 2008 by a small group of people from various local faith communities. Most attendees were also members of NAMI and had past knowledge and dealings with mental illness in their families. FCMI united to facilitate their faith communities' ministries to people living with mental illness.  

FCMI continued to grow, achieving nonprofit status in 2014. 

 
Faith Connections on Mental Illness supports faith communities by…
 
Supporting and equipping faith community leaders as they seek to welcome and care for those who are living with mental illness.
 
Offering educational, advocacy and support resources to individuals who are living with mental illness.
 
Providing opportunities to connect with others who are either living with mental illness or wanting to care for those who are living with mental illness.
 
Providing forums whereby mental health professionals, mental health consumers and people of faith can discuss issues related to faith and mental health.
 
Please help us to connect these various groups who are too often fragmented by the many difficult issues related to living with mental illness.