Each congregation will participate in the intervention for 11-12 months

Congregational inclusion committees will participate in monthly training meetings for approximately 1 year. Each month a new inclusion practice will be introduced and then the committee will be asked to implement it in their congregation. The 11 practice areas are:1) assessing inclusion needs of members, 2) providing opportunities for members with serious mental illness (SMI) to take on roles and responsibilities, 3) creating an inclusion committee, 4) ensuring that members with SMI are welcomed to all events, 5) creating sensory friendly spaces, 6) offer participation opportunities in multiple formats, 7) adopt policies and practices to support inclusion, 8) using inclusive language, 9) ensure that external communications indicate the congregation is welcoming to all, 10) providing support to family members of individuals with SMI, and 11) conducing outreach to mental health support systems. Goals may vary per congregation based on their current practices, needs, and preferences.

Researchers will evaluate inclusionary practices done in the congregation (e.g. create an intake form for new members). There might be up to 50 different practices. The number of practices will vary by congregation. Each practice will measured as being done or not (yes or no). A greater number of "yes" responses will indicate greater inclusionary practices.

These questions are only being given to everyone who took the survey including those who report they do not have a mental illness, those that report that they do, and those that report that they have a family member with a mental illness. There are 32 statements related to organizational processes and respondent experiences with inclusion in their congregation. There are an additional three statements specifically for those with family members with mental illness. The response options are yes, no, and I don't know. A greater number of "yes" responses would indicate a greater number of inclusionary practices and greater inclusive experiences and "no" or "I don't know" would indicate the opposite.

These questions are only being given to participants who report that they do not mental illness. It consists of 6 statements related to knowledge about treatments and outcomes for individuals with mental illness. Response options range from strongly agree (6) to strongly disagree (1) on a 6-point scale. Stronger agreement or higher scores across statements indicates a higher level of knowledge about mental illness and a stronger disagreement or lower scores indicates less knowledge about mental illness.

These questions are only being given to participants who report that they do not mental illness. This measure assesses participants's comfort level in being around people with mental illness. It was modified to include measures directly related to faith communities (e.g., would you feel comfortable having someone with a serious mental illness as a member of your congregation). There are 7 questions with response options that vary from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (6) on a 6-point scale. Stronger agreement or higher scores indicate a higher level of comfort with people with mental illness and stronger disagreement or lower scores indicate a lower level of comfort with people with mental illness.

These 3 questions are only being given to participants who report having a mental illness. The questions related to how often participants feel socially isolated or lonely. Response options range from 1) hardly ever, 2) some of the time, and 3) often. Responses (3) indicate increased loneliness and more "hardly ever" responses indicate less loneliness.