Join us for a time of prayer

Sunday, June 1st, is the Annual Day of Prayer for Children at High Risk. The Child with a Disability is the theme for 2008.

Jackie Mills Fernald (Director of Access Ministries) and Dr. Edward Bradley will be co-leading a one-hour prayer meeting in Room 1605 at McLean Bible Church. (8925 Leesburg Pike, McLean, VA - Link to Map) from 3-4pm on Sunday, June 1st. Refreshments will follow.

Will you come and pray with us?

Oakseed Ministries International believes the prayers of God’s people are a powerful tool that God has given to us to extend His blessing and favor in our world.

• Many children with a disability are denied the right and opportunity to be human.
• In many countries, the child with a disability is among the invisible children hidden and forgotten from neighbors.
• 90% of children with a disability in the developing world do not attend school.
• “Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.” (Matthew 15:30)

This one hour on June 1st is one of the most important things you can do for a child with a disability.

Please join us in prayer!

PS. This will be a user-friendly prayer meeting, especially designed for those who are coming to a prayer meeting for the first time.

Praying for Children with Disability

Diversity in Disability Brought Together in Christ

Disability Defined

What is the Definition of Disability

A person with a disability is defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

• There are a HALF BILLION people worldwide who have a disability.
• 54 MILLION Americans live with some level of disability. Nearly half have a severe disability.
• 4.5 MILLION American children and youth under the age of 18 have a disability.
• Nearly 1 MILLION of these children are institutionalized.
• ONE IN FIVE children is now diagnosed with autism or on the autism spectrum.
• 80 PERCENT of marriages that have a child with disability end in divorce.
• It is estimated that only FIVE PERCENT of persons with disability attend church.

Podcast - March 5th, 2008

In this episode, Dr. Edward Bradley interviews Brenda Darke, a leading expert in dealing with children with disabilities throughout Latin America.

Podcast - November 28th, 2007

In this episode, Dr. Edward Bradley interviews Jackie Mills-Fernald, the director of Access Ministry at McLean Bible Church.