Establishing faith community nursing in your local church

Australian Faith Community Nurses Association (AFCNA) - facilitates Faith Community Nursing in Australia

Faith Community Nursing offers a unique approach to addressing many current problems in health, aged, disability and community care. It mobilises the gifts and strengths of health professionals in an innovative response that can address contemporary health and social issues in your local church and the community your church serves.

6 steps to start Faith Community Nursing

I’m interested – learn and pray
Share your vision
Planning your next steps – nurture growth
Appointing your FCN
Preparing your FCN
Supporting your FCN

Visit our resource page to download your copy of ‘Steps to start Faith Community Nursing’ Factsheet.

We offer short and simple fact sheets that answer frequently asked questions. You can download these from our Resources page under the heading Resources for Faith Community Nursing.

We offer:

Short and simple fact sheets to answer frequently asked questions

Introducing Faith Community Nursing and AFCNA: A4 flyer presenting AFCNA and the FCN role
Theology informing Faith Community Nursing:presents scriptural foundation for FCN
Faith Community Nursing FAQ: common questions and brief answers about the FCN role
What can a Faith Community Nurse bring to your church?: discusses the benefits of an FCN to church
How a Faith Community Nurse supports pastor or priest: benefits of FCN for pastor/minister/priest
Why become a Faith Community Nurse?: introduces Christian nurses interested in the FCN role
Learn more about Faith Community Nursing: list of websites where you can find out more about Faith Community Nursing
Steps to start Faith Community Nursing: 6 steps to guide your commencement of FCN ministry

Three packs of information and documents

Each pack contains a 20-30 page explanatory booklet and relevant Fact Sheets

The Planning pack and the Documentation pack contain large quantities of editable templates that you can use and personalise for your local setting. Participants in the Principles and Practice of Faith Community Nursing course will receive an electronic copy of the three packs as part of their course registration fee.

Introductory Pack: This pack is FREE and introduces you to the FCN role and the steps to consider if you wish to implementing the FCN role in your faith community. Grab your FREE Introductory Pack here

Planning Pack (for churches/organisations): This booklet and templates describe all of the steps and processes you can take to plan your FCN role for successful recruitment and accountable commencement.
Documentation Pack (for FCNs): This booklet discusses the context of use for 47 editable documentation templates that can be personalised and utilised to ensure your FCN practice is legally, ethically and professionally accountable.

Visit our shop for access your pack copies.

Going deeper into promoting health in churches

You can find several relevant resources that you can download on our Resources page.

You can find these articles and other resources on promoting health in churches on our Resources page:

Engaging the faith community in promoting community health
A Bible study on serving in health ministry to promote health
Genuine friendship promotes hope and health
Faith and healing – what does God’s word say

AFCNA invites you to be part of God's work in the world!

AFCNA is here to help your church care effectively and compassionately for the people you serve. We have resources, education and networking opportunities to support your Faith Community Care and Faith Community Nursing ministry.