Healing Services

by Wagner, James K.

• ISBN13: 9780687642489
• ISBN10: 0687642485
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Summary

Persons who design and lead worship will find this a practical and invaluable guide for Christ-centered healing ministry that can be easily adopted in a variety of settings. The book includes complete guidelines for developing a healing service ministry as well as answers to frequently asked questions, such as: Is healing ministry o substitute for medicine? Why lay on hands in healing ministry? What is the significance of anointing with oil? When healing does not happen, then what? What Is the role of faith in healing?

Author Biography

James K. Wagner worked for several years at the Upper Room in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Director of Prayer and Healing Ministries

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
A Word of Challenge and Caution	p. ix
Questions about Healing Ministry	p. 1
Why Have a Healing Service?	p. 1
What to Call This Ministry?	p. 1
What Is Christ-centered Healing Ministry?	p. 2
Is Healing Ministry a Substitute for Medicine?	p. 2
What Is Meant by Healing Prayer?	p. 3
Who Are the People Who Serve on Prayer Teams?	p. 3
What Is the Role of Faith in Healing?	p. 4
Are Spiritual Gifts Necessary for Healing Ministry?	p. 4
What Is the Significance of Anointing with Oil?	p. 5
Why Lay on Hands in Healing Ministry?	p. 5
When Healing Does Not Happen, Then What?	p. 6
After Receiving Prayers for Healing, What Should I Expect?	p. 6
Developing the Public Healing Service	p. 7
Questionnaire Related to Church Healing Services	p. 8
Considerations and Action	p. 9
When Praying with Others	p. 10
Models for Healing Services	p. 14
A Basic Pattern	p. 16
Examples of Healing Services	p. 18
A Contemporary Worship Service	p. 19
Healing Service for Small Group Settings	p. 23
A Quiet, Meditative Service	p. 27
Healing Service for a Chapel Setting	p. 31
A Traditional Holy Communion Service	p. 35
A Communion Service of Biblical Healing Stories	p. 42
A Flexible Pattern	p. 49
Forgiveness and Healing	p. 55
A Silent Prayer Service	p. 62
For a Hospital Setting	p. 65
For a Congregation in Conflict	p. 68
Following Congregational Trauma or Tragedy	p. 75
Healing Passages	p. 81
Individual Healings by Jesus	p. 81
Multiple Healings by Jesus	p. 82
Individual Healings by the Apostles	p. 82
Multiple Healings by the Apostles	p. 82
Other New Testament Healing Passages	p. 83
Some Old Testament References to Healing	p. 83
Selected Resources	p. 85
Books	p. 85
Video	p. 86
Continuing Education Opportunities in Healing Ministry	p. 86
Scripture Index	p. 89
Music Index	p. 91
Communion Liturgy Index	p. 93
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