Creating an Online Resource to Facilitate Biblical Mind Renewal to Relieve Depression in Christians

Abstract

This project aims to equip Christians to relieve depression through an online biblical mind renewal curriculum. Chapter 1 introduces the context, rationale, and goals of the project. Chapter 2 provides the biblical and theological foundation for biblical mind renewal, including an exposition of Romans 12:1-2.

Chapter 3 addresses theoretical and practical issues related to relieving depression. Specifically, the physiological aspects of healthy brain function are introduced as a core consideration in relieving serious depression.

Chapter 4 explains the implementation of the project. The project included conducting two pre-course surveys, teaching a ten-session curriculum, and conducting two post-series surveys to determine improvement of depression severity as well as improvement in equipping to relieve depression. Chapter 5 evaluates the effectiveness of the project based on achievement against the original goals. The key result is the positive statistically significant difference in participant well-being (depression severity) before and after the course: t(19) = 3.92, p=.05.