In Thailand and various other Asian nations, numerous missionaries engaged in cross-cultural services demonstrate resilience, yet a significant number face mental health challenges. These difficulties arise from factors such as isolation, and stress associated with adapting to a different culture, while frequently leading to experiences such as depression and anxiety. Unfortunately, many individuals in this situation refrain from seeking help, often due to embarrassment and a lack of appropriate resources, thereby exacerbating their mental health issues.
Moreover, the population in Thailand has witnessed a surge in rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide. This underscores a pressing need for an increased availability of mental health resources and treatments in the region.
Situated in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the Cornerstone Counselling Foundation aims to embody hope and healing for individuals, fostering greater wholeness and reconciliation with self, others, and God. Their services extend to Christian workers globally, providing confidential counseling with a Christian perspective. Acknowledging the distinct mental health challenges of missionaries and the local community, Cornerstone's experienced team supports healing, enabling missionaries to continue spreading the gospel in underserved areas.
A diverse range of services is provided to address individual, marital, and family needs. Through individual counseling, clients work one-on-one with trained therapists, tailoring the experience to meet the specific requirements of adults, adolescents, and children. Marital counseling focuses on identifying root issues and unhelpful behaviors to break negative relationship cycles. Family counseling creates a safe environment for children, adolescents, and their families to navigate challenges and move toward wholeness collectively. Additionally, the foundation offers psychiatric consultation for counseling clients, ensuring expert care for the assessment and diagnosis of potential psychological disorders that may require further medical attention.
Ministry Overview:
Cornerstone Counseling acknowledges the distinctive stressors and challenges encountered by missionaries engaged in cross-cultural service. Their counselors, often equipped with their own cross-cultural experiences, offer support to facilitate healing and wholeness. This enables missionaries to persist in extending healing and wholeness to others by proclaiming the gospel in the least reached areas. In response, to the rising rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide in Thailand, they also extend their services to local communities and actively promote mental health awareness. This involves offering community workshops and training sessions, contributing to a broader understanding and support network, both within and beyond the church.
Prayer Request:
Pray for spirit-led wisdom and guidance for all aspects of Cornerstone's Ministry, enabling them to effectively serve both the missionary and local community.
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The following information is provided as a requirement of Alberta's Charitable Fund-Raising Act, RSA 2000, c C-9.
The Great Commission Foundation ("The GC") is a charitable trust, established by a Deed of Settlement made as of September 1, 2002 and governed by an Amended and Restated Deed of Settlements made as of October 22, 2024.
The GC is a public foundation that is registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (with Canadian Charitable Registration Number 859928483 RR0001).
The charitable objects of The GC are:
1. The advancement of Christianity by spreading its principles;
2. The relief of poverty by the assistance to those persons lacking the necessities of life by giving them food, clothing, shelter or financial assistance;
3. The advancement of education including, without limitation, by the teaching of scripture and the promotion of literacy; and
4. The advancement of other "charitable purposes" as defined within subsection 149.1(1) of Income Tax Act, which includes the disbursement of funds to "qualified donees" as also defined in subsection 149.1(1).
We engage other ministries as agents to carry out projects that fulfill our charitable objects.
The GC anticipates raising an estimated amount of $12,000,000.00 this year from donation for the fulfillment of its charitable objects from donors in Alberta, Canada. The processing of these donations will cost, on average, six percent. The money raised will be going to fulfill the charitable objects of The GC.
For further information, please contact our Donations Team at donations-ca@thegc.org or call us at 1-855-488-7020. To speak directly to the GC's Donation's Manager, please call Kathy Stewart at (604) 229-8008. The GC has two (2) Canadian offices. Please visit our contact page for further details
*The Great Commission Foundation (the "Foundation") operates on the basis of Donor-Advised Funding. It is our utmost goal to meet the Donor's desire and intent to provide support to particular Foundation projects but, ultimately, the responsibility for the disbursement and ministry use of funds is the Foundation's. If the Foundation does not use the donation in the way the donor prefers, the Foundation will not return the donation to the donor.
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Since 2002, The Great Commission Foundation has enabled ministry projects to thrive by providing charity admin expertise and guidance while promoting collaboration in fulfilling the Great Commission. We are registered with the Canada Revenue Agency for charitable work (charity number: 859928483RR0001RR0001).
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