Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joel Rainey, Phd., pastor of Covenant Church in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, joins ERLC policy director Matt Hawkins to discuss how his local church is participating in combating the opioid crisis. Also, what does it look like for a Christian church to engage their neighbors in a multi-faith context while remaining faithful to doctrine?</span> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://twitter.com/joelrainey?lang=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joel’s Twitter</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://covenantexperience.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Covenant Church</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://werepair.org/oneamerica/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">One America Movement </span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conversations-about-our-broken-system-arent-enough/2018/04/27/342eb99a-44b1-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9775ed4770f3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conversations about our broken system aren’t enough</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | Joel Rainey, Aaron Alexander, and Lauren Holtzblatt </span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/the-opioid-crisis-is-the-pro-life-issue-evangelicals-arent-talking-about"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The opioid crisis is the pro-life issue Evangelicals aren’t talking about </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">| Phillip Bethancourt</span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/opioid-abuse-and-our-neighbors-3-characteristics-our-churches-need"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Opioid abuse and our neighbors: 3 characteristics our churches need</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | Peyton Hill </span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/3-things-ive-learned-from-pastoring-addicts"><span style="font-weight: 400;">3 things I’ve learned from pastoring addicts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | David Dunham </span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/from-drugs-to-redemption-lindsay-holloways-story"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From drugs to redemption: Lindsay Holloway’s story</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | Kara Bettis </span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/the-challenges-of-a-church-based-addiction-ministry"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The challenges of a church-based addiction ministry</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | David Dunham </span> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joel Rainey is the lead pastor of Covenant Church. He serves with One America Movement, where he focuses on building partnerships to combat the opioid crisis in local communities. He serves on the adjunct faculty of two seminaries and is the author of three books. Joel is a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.</span></p>
