Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries, won the Our Bodies Ourselves Award for Women’s Health Hero: Audience Choice, receiving more votes from "the people" than the other nearly 100 nominated heroes. Rest Ministries is the largest Christian organization specifically for those with chronic illness or pain and the sponsor of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week.
Surprise! That is the theme for the first Christians with Chronic Illness Blog Carnival starting in April 2009. The carnival, hosted by Rest Ministries, the largest Christian organization in the USA, hopes to reach the thousands of people who live with chronic illness or pain, and who also rely on their faith to get them through the difficult moments.
Nearly 1 in 2 people live with a chronic condition, oftentimes invisible. Hope Endures radio program, hosted by Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries, Inc. broadcasts 2 1-hour shows a week to bring hope and encouragement, as well as practical advice, while living with illness.
