See more of this title: Beyond the Yellow Ribbon: Ministering to Returning Combat Veterans

Welcoming with yellow ribbons is only the first step to bringing combat veterans home. Helps pastors and church members think creatively about ministering to soldiers and military families in their communities.

Help bring combat veterans all the way back home. Over ahalf million combat veterans have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. With thousandsof military personnel still deployed, few communities escape the direct impact ofsolders returning from war. Yet their needs and the needs of their families areoften hidden in plain sight in our congregations and communities. This bookidentifies specific needs of veterans and their families and gives creative andpractical ways your church can minister to them. It is a must have for anyoneserious about giving back to those who have given so much. "You Thompson and Wetterstrom] are plowing very important ground, and I thank youfor the reminder." - author Philip Yancey