Keith Dow

Keith Dow

Keith Dow lives near Ottawa, serving as Manager of Organizational and Spiritual Life with Karis Disability Services. He holds his PhD in caregiving ethics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of Formed Together: Mystery, Narrative, and Virtue in Christian Caregiving (Baylor, 2021). Keith Dow is a credentialed Pastor with BIC Canada for his role with Karis Disability Services, where he supports the spiritual health of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and equips churches to be more accessible and hospitable.
  • Published On: December 15, 2014By

    Moe and Ann find belonging: Not easy, but worth the journey! (video)

    Ottawa Valley Vineyard Pastor Ahren Summach and Moe Day sing Jesus Loves Me with Ann Gray after a documentary chronicling Day and Gray’s journey finding a church. Moe and Ann's church experience [Read More]

  • Published On: December 1, 2014By

    Engaging youth, fostering friendship: Koinonia Ministry

    It is my hope and dream that by bringing the two groups together our kids will learn to see autism in a new light and have empathy for these kids struggling with enormous challenges. In this we, as a youth ministry, are living out the gospel of Jesus rather than just speaking about it.

  • Published On: November 17, 2014By

    Creating a Culture of Inclusion for Churches (Video)

    Creating a Culture of Inclusion for People with Disabilities is a series of 8 vignettes of real life situations in the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, MI that is meant to be a study resource for faith communities.

  • Published On: November 3, 2014By

    Congregation Practice Guide – Including People with Disabilities

    This year, seven years after the initial book release, a quick-reference guide for congregational use has been released for Erik Carter's best-selling book "Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities."

  • Published On: October 20, 2014By

    Friendship Festival Oakville (November 1, 2014)

    Friendship Festivals have been running for a number of years, as a great day of music, singing, laughter and games with people impacted by developmental disabilities and their families. The featured musician this [Read More]

  • Published On: October 6, 2014By

    Faith Inclusion Networks

    While the majority of resources posted on this site are from a Christian faith-based perspective, we recognize that the challenges to full welcome and inclusion faced by churches are also shared [Read More]