{"id":17247,"date":"2020-11-25T10:30:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T10:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/ttr\/?p=17247"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:20:26","slug":"what-is-a-roofbreaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/ttr\/2020\/11\/25\/what-is-a-roofbreaker\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Roofbreaker?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Roofbreakers&nbsp;enable:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Access<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Belonging<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Commission&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>for disabled people in churches and Christian activities.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Roofbreakers are individuals (or teams) in churches or ministries who listen to disabled people and work together with them to respond to the issues that arise, to enable full inclusion. Some Roofbreakers prefer to be known as a \u2018disability champion\u2019 or similar - that\u2019s fine. \ud83d\ude0a&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The term \u2018Roofbreaker\u2019 comes from this account in Luke 5 about the paralysed man coming to Jesus:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p><strong>\u201cThey went up on the roof and lowered the paralysed man on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<cite><strong>(Luke 5)<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"medium_text\"><strong>\"<\/strong><\/span>Only 5% <span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2013<\/span> 10% of the world\u2019s disabled people are effectively reached with the Gospel<span class=\"medium_text\"><strong>\" <\/strong><\/span>according to the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. So it is vitally important that our churches and ministries include everyone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roofbreakers and their churches are on a journey from Access to Belonging to Commission (<strong>Matthew 28:19<\/strong>) to equip disabled people so they can fully participate in the kingdom of God and use their gifts for God's glory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><span class=\"medium_text\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/ttr\/2020\/11\/27\/roofbreaker-faqs\/\">To find out more, follow this link to our&nbsp;<strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We now have over 1000 Roofbreakers across the UK and are praying for more people to join us.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the Roof will support Roofbreakers, as well as their churches and Christian ministries, with free disability awareness training and resources.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"medium_text\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/ttr\/2019\/11\/24\/sign-up-to-become-a-roofbreaker\/\">To join us as a&nbsp;Roofbreaker&nbsp;follow this link<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roofbreakers&nbsp;enable:&nbsp; Access Belonging Commission&nbsp; for disabled people in churches and Christian activities. Roofbreakers are individuals (or teams) in churches or ministries who listen to disabled people and work together with them to respond to the issues that arise, to enable full inclusion. Some Roofbreakers prefer to be known as a \u2018disability champion\u2019 or similar &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roofbreaker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is a Roofbreaker? - Through the Roof<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/ttr\/2020\/11\/25\/what-is-a-roofbreaker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is a Roofbreaker? - Through the Roof\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roofbreakers&nbsp;enable:&nbsp; Access Belonging Commission&nbsp; for disabled people in churches and Christian activities. 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