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1. Family, friends or caregiver should be contacted to alert them that the person is missing. If the person has no other support system except the pastor and the congregation, the following steps are helpful in locating the person.

2. The pastor can check with places the ill person frequents.

3. Within a period of time, if the person has not been traced, the pastor should notify the appropriate authorities and mental health professionals.

4. The pastor or those with the most recent information should be prepared to give those looking for the person a full description of the person such as what clothes were worn, physical attributes, age, diagnosis, etc.