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[Interview] Understanding children with additional needs, so our churches can be places of welcome and belonging

[Interview] Understanding children with additional needs, so our churches can be places of welcome and belonging

In an interview with Christian Daily International, Mark Arnold - also known as the additional needs blogfather - shares valuable insights into what it means for churches to provide a welcoming environment for children with special needs. “Jesus spent a disproportionate amount of time with people who today we would say had additional needs, and he teaches us important things in many of these encounters,” he says.
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