The Healing Church: Practical Programs for Health Ministries

by Evans, Abigail Rian

• ISBN13: 9780829813401
• ISBN10: 0829813403
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
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Summary

What role can churches and religious organizations play in health care today? Abigail Rian Evans answers this question and others in this valuable guide to practical programs for health ministries. Beginning with a survey of the history of health ministry in the church, she demonstrates that what is needed is not to invent health ministries, but to recapture the spirit of the church as a health institution, both spiritual and physical. She then goes on to show what practical programs exist in the world today, and why these programs are important for the church to embrace and develop. This is an important resource for any individual or institution looking to start or build up a health ministry program.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
The Church's Historic Role in Health and Healing	1	(28)
The Fullness of Time for a New Health Ministry	29	(22)
Discerning and Defining Authentic Health and Healing Ministries	51	(19)
Devotional, Sacramental, and Liturgical Practices	70	(23)
Educational Programs	93	(15)
Support and Advocacy Initiatives	108	(15)
The Church Delivers Wholistic Health Care	123	(30)
Parish Nursing---a New Specialty	153	(23)
Starting a Health Ministry	176	(15)
Practical Programs for Healthy People	191	(42)
Notes	233	(20)
Credits	253	(2)
Index	255