{"id":2226,"date":"2026-08-18T06:50:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/?page_id=2226"},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:52:54","slug":"crisis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/support\/crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Are in Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-threshold bf-img-1\" id=\"section_613166505\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1801590034\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1815138786\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2696592074\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<!-- BLOOM_IMAGE_NEEDED: a lamp left on in a dark window, seen from the street, calm and steady -->\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">CRISIS<\/span>\n<h1 class=\"bf-h1\">Help first.<span class=\"bf-turn\">Prayer second. Both are here.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"bf-rule\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\">The numbers below answer faster than any church can. Use them first. A trans crisis line is staffed right now, tonight, by people who will not make you explain what a pronoun is.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_613166505 {\n  padding-top: 90px;\n  padding-bottom: 90px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_613166505 {\n    padding-top: 150px;\n    padding-bottom: 150px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-crisissec\" id=\"section_966107773\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1869595098\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1214565207\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-418598933\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-crisis\"><p class=\"bf-crisis-lead\">If you are in danger tonight, these answer faster than we can, at any hour. Nothing on this page is more important than the four numbers below.<\/p><ul class=\"bf-crisis-list\"><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:988\">988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call or text 988<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">Free and open every hour of every day, across the United States.<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:18775658860\">Trans Lifeline<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call 877-565-8860<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">Peer support, staffed by trans people. Does not call police or emergency services without your consent.<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:18664887386\">The Trevor Project<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call 1-866-488-7386, or text START to 678-678<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">For LGBTQ people under 25. Chat, text, and phone.<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"bf-crisis-name\" href=\"tel:18555037233\">Oregon Child Abuse Hotline<\/a><span class=\"bf-crisis-how\">Call 855-503-SAFE (855-503-7233)<\/span><span class=\"bf-crisis-note\">If a child is being harmed. The clergy of this church are mandatory reporters under ORS 419B.010, and that duty is not dispensable by anyone here, including the Ordinary.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_966107773 {\n  padding-top: 70px;\n  padding-bottom: 70px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_966107773 {\n    padding-top: 110px;\n    padding-bottom: 110px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-stepssec bf-light\" id=\"section_1577685479\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-458177689\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1591106821\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2960569016\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">THE NEXT TEN MINUTES<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Small things, <em>in order.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-steps\">\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Call or text one of the numbers above<\/h3><p>You do not need a plan, a reason, or the right words. Being unsure whether it is bad enough is a normal reason to call.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Put distance between you and the method<\/h3><p>Give it to someone, lock it away, leave the room, leave the building. Distance buys time, and time is usually what changes the outcome.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Tell one person where you are<\/h3><p>A friend, a sibling, a neighbour, a moderator in a chat. It does not have to be someone who knows what to say.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Do one physical thing<\/h3><p>Water, food, cold air, sitting on the floor. This does not fix anything and it is not meant to. It gets you to the next ten minutes.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1577685479 {\n  padding-top: 75px;\n  padding-bottom: 75px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1577685479 {\n    padding-top: 120px;\n    padding-bottom: 120px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-splitsec\" id=\"section_524576448\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2132281153\">\n\t<div id=\"col-240618227\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4192947559\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-split bf-split-wide\">\n<div class=\"bf-split-media bf-img-2\"><span class=\"bf-ph\">A stole hung<br>on a hook<br>beside a door<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">THE PASTORAL LAYER<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">A chaplain who will not misgender you <em>is safety equipment.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"bf-p\">If part of what is crushing you is religious \u2014 a God you were told hates you, a family quoting scripture, a hell you still half believe in \u2014 that is not a separate problem to sort out later. It is load-bearing, and clergy who are affirming without hesitation are part of staying alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-p\">You can ask for that here at no cost, and you can ask for it while in crisis, before you are stable, and without believing any of it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bf-actions\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/support\/pastoral-care\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-primary\">Ask a pastor <span class=\"bf-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/crisis-support\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-ghost\">Material help<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_524576448 {\n  padding-top: 75px;\n  padding-bottom: 75px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_524576448 {\n    padding-top: 120px;\n    padding-bottom: 120px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-declsec bf-light\" id=\"section_776854134\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-156077909\">\n\t<div id=\"col-732062468\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3115472782\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">WHAT THIS CHURCH IS NOT<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Told plainly, <em>because it matters tonight.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">Not a crisis service<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">This church is not a crisis service and does not monitor anything around the clock. <em>Messages sent here are answered within a day or two, which is not fast enough for tonight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">The numbers answer faster<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">A trans crisis line is staffed by trained people, right now, at no cost. <em>Use them first, and write to the church afterwards or alongside.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">Both, not one<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">Calling a line and asking for a pastor are not competing choices. <em>A prayer is not a substitute for a lifeline, and a lifeline does not settle the religious part.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_776854134 {\n  padding-top: 75px;\n  padding-bottom: 75px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_776854134 {\n    padding-top: 120px;\n    padding-bottom: 120px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-faqsec\" id=\"section_122102945\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-145067816\">\n\t<div id=\"col-373054685\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3091347428\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">QUICK ANSWERS<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Short, <em>because you are not reading carefully.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"accordion bf-faq\">\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1138781096\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1138781096-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-will-they-send-police-to-my-house?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1138781096-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Will they send police to my house?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1138781096-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1138781096-label\">\n\t\t\tPolicies differ by line. If that is a risk you cannot take, say so at the start of the call or text and ask what their policy is \u2014 you are allowed to ask before you say anything else.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-752197687\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-752197687-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-is-it-bad-enough-to-call?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-752197687-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Is it bad enough to call?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-752197687-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-752197687-label\">\n\t\t\tYes. These lines exist for people who are not sure, not only for people at the edge.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-2955357030\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-2955357030-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-do-i-need-to-believe-in-god-to-ask-this-church-for-help?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-2955357030-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Do I need to believe in God to ask this church for help?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-2955357030-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-2955357030-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. You can ask for a pastoral conversation while certain none of it is true, and nothing will be said over you that you did not ask for.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-429246900\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-429246900-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-does-any-of-this-cost-money?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-429246900-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Does any of this cost money?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-429246900-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-429246900-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. The lines are free and nothing at this church has a fee.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-2951295851\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-2951295851-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-i-need-food,-housing,-or-money-rather-than-a-phone-line.\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-2951295851-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>I need food, housing, or money rather than a phone line.<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-2951295851-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-2951295851-label\">\n\t\t\tAsk the main site through the request-assistance page. That is a different route and it is faster than going through the church.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_122102945 {\n  padding-top: 75px;\n  padding-bottom: 75px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_122102945 {\n    padding-top: 120px;\n    padding-bottom: 120px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-ctasec\" id=\"section_1061634284\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-672101845\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1622726165\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-961860186\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">STAY<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Call the number.<br><em>Then, if you want, write to us.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\" style=\"margin:0 auto 36px\">The church will still be here tomorrow, and so should you be. Help first.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bf-actions\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/support\/pastoral-care\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-primary\">Ask a pastor <span class=\"bf-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/support\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-ghost\">All support<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1061634284 {\n  padding-top: 75px;\n  padding-bottom: 75px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1061634284 {\n    padding-top: 120px;\n    padding-bottom: 120px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2827,"menu_order":360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3118,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226\/revisions\/3118"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}