Religion

  • Faith in Action: My Journey Using the GPS Model in Faith-Based Communities

    When I first encountered the GPS Group Peer Support model, I recognized something deeply familiar: a reflection of the way many faith communities already walk alongside one another in prayer, compassion, and hope. Yet GPS also gave me the language, structure, and grounding to what I had long felt in my spirit— healing happens when we make space for honest conversation, shared humanity, and the divine presence that meets us there.

  • “We’ve Seen So Much”: Why Faith Communities Need Group Peer Support Now

    At Deliverance Center Ministries in Springfield, Massachusetts, Pastor Mark and Co-Pastor Johnetta Baymon have spent decades ministering their community through loss, postpartum depression, substance use, and the everyday trials that stretch families thin. With 20 grandchildren and a spiritual family that extends across dozens of churches, they’ve built a life of service rooted in faith,…