Help a gambler

You may be a church leader and wondering how you can best help someone who has come to you with a gambling addiction.

We have resources for you, and you can also book time to meet with us to mull things over.

Resources

Questions you can ask gamblers

Jesus asked a lot of questions and got the measure of peoples’ hearts. This document gives you a set of questions you can use to help the gambler to start exploring their problem. It is not an exhaustive list, but will help you in your conversations.

The Holy Spirit is a good Counsellor, and your role will often be to push the choices back to the gambler : “I can see that is a problem for you. What are you going to do about that?

A general approach to helping gamblers

Listen to this 30 minute talk which was given at Salisbury Vineyard Church a few years ago, on some general principles for how to help someone who is addicted to something. Gambling addiction is similar to other addictions, but is often more hidden and affects highly-functioning individuals.

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