Natural Burial Ministry Launches

Natural Burial Ministry Launches

This month, Matt Williams shared a new discipleship opportunity with our church body. We believe that death and dying are discipleship issues that the church needs to be involved in, and this has prompted us to pursue the option of natural burial—a way to shepherd our hearts and minds as we surround our loved ones in death. As a peaceful, less expensive, and simple alternative, there is no vault, coffin, or embalming.

There are four reasons we believe natural burial will enable us to disciple people well:

• Natural burial provides a way for us to be good stewards of the environment.
• Natural burial provides a way for us to be good stewards of our financial resources.
• Natural burial is aligned with our discipleship view of hope. Our hope is not in the ability to preserve and protect our bodies, but in God’s ability to recreate us after death.
• Natural burial gives us the ability to share the dying process more fully with other believers and their families. We will be able to offer care, support, and encouragement to one another.

To hear Matt cast vision around this opportunity, click the video below. To learn more about natural burial or to volunteer to serve, click below.