Become a Disability-inclusive Church
Jesus reached out to people who were disabled and helped break down barriers that kept them excluded. Through the Roof aims to equip churches and ministries to do the same, enabling everyone to be fully included.
Have a Roofbreaker (or team) in your church
Our biggest recommendation to churches and ministries is to have an allocated person (Roofbreaker) or team, to listen to disabled people to see what their challenges are to fully taking part in your activities.
Often the challenges will be things you haven’t thought of and may need relatively small changes to enable full inclusion. Our Toolkit will help you to think through each area of church life and give ideas to enable inclusion.
The key is to give a positive message of welcome to disabled people and to listen and then respond to the issues raised.
For churches/ministries with Roofbreakers, Through the Roof provides the Church Disability Toolkit and the ‘Removing Barriers’ church audit free of charge, along with free disability awareness training. Follow this link for more on the Toolkit, church audit and training.
We also help you to show disabled people in your community that you are positive about disability inclusion through providing our online map, and we offer a logo for your website.
Access free downloadable guides covering various areas of church life and how they each have a part to play to facilitate the full inclusion of disabled people.
Through the Roof offers training workshops for UK Roofbreakers and their churches.
See how your church can break down some of the barriers for disabled people in church life
Learn from Jesus’ approach to disabled people .
It is important that church buildings are accessible for disabled people.
Find funders and contacts to help make church access improvements.
You can buy a range of publications and resources (with Roofbreakerdiscounts!) in our online shop.
Find out what resources we have to inspire, encourage and challenge you and your church to explore disability issues from a Christian perspective.