Strength For His People

‘Strength For His People’ addresses needs that arise among Christian Families of those with severe mental illness. I can recommend this book without hesitation to families, friends and pastors of patients with Schizophrenia and to church related counselors to help them understand and deal with mentally ill patients in a caring, loving and Christian way. — Donald H. Gent, M.D., F.A.P.A.; President, Psychiatry Section L, Christian Medical and Dental Society Finally, someone with knowledge of mental illness and who speaks from the Christian perspective has written a book that can be used to educate the future pastors about mental illness. This book is a must for all pastors in seminary. - Greta Byars; Texas NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Steven Waterhouse has answered a call to minister to families who must face the day-to-day struggles of caring for and providing emotional support to a loved one with a mental health disorder. He has written a comprehensive study guide that will inform as well as encourage. - Frank Minirth, M.D.; Minirth Clinic, Richardson, Texas Strength For His People has been an invaluable tool in helping me provide educational services for the friends and relatives of people with mental illness. - Melody Jenkins, M. Ed.; Director, Family and Community Education Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority Thank you for your book which I am including as a “recommended further reading” in the 4th edition of Surviving Schizophrenia. Ministers like yourself can be very helpful to families who have a family member with this illness. —E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.; Author, Research Psychiatrist Dr. Steven Waterhouse has served as the pastor of Westclifi‘ Bible Church in Amarillo, Texas, since 1985. He has degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary (D. Min.); Capital Bible Seminary in Greenbelt, Maryland (Th.M. in Hebrew and Greek); and Spring Arbor University in Michigan (B.A., Social Sciences). Dr. Waterhouse has been a keyn