This new exploration from a leading Christian ethicist considers healing's many different dimensions, from the biblical notion of health and wholeness, to physical healing, emotional health and counselling, social justice and environmental health.

Does the Christian community have the resources to develop a coherent response to today?s health care challenges? In a comprehensive survey covering the full scope of the Bible and three millennia of Christian belief and practice, Willard Swartley fleshes out the central place of health care in the church?s mission.

The purpose of this project was twofold: 1) to research how the church community can be a place of healing in people's lives, and 2) to suggest practices that when enacted would help a church to be a place of healing. Church life was differentiated into three levels: Pastorally, Relationally, and Congregationally. A group of people were interviewed who had received some type of healing and their lives and were asked to share how the church community helped in the healing process. Based off of the information gathered in the interviews, practices were suggested for the church at each of the three levels of church life.

Certain essentials of a church’s life and structure are necessary for the spiritual and moral welfare of its people. When those essentials are missing or distorted, the lives of the people will be proportionately corrupted and weakened. Simply encouraging more fellowship and ministry is not enough. What can change a church? God can do it through you! . . . and perhaps this manual will prepare you to help with the healing. Don’t give up or drop out until you have read this book carefully. Members should urge their pastors to read this book. Pastors should urge members to read it.

Biblical answers to healing. What does the Holy Bible have to say about healing and disease for God's people? Does God still heal His people today? Filled with scriptures that answer these questions and many more. If you are sick or have a sick loved one this book is a must read. If you just want to live a healthier and more God empowered life, this book is also for you. Learn who our Savior really is and what He promises about healing to those that belong to Him!

A report from the Church of England on the ministry of healing. It offers an overview of the current state of this ministry and a framework for the development of the healing ministry in the 21st century. There are answers to key questions and guidelines for good practice.

Pastor and author N. Graham Standish describes how a church that is open to God’s purpose, presence, and power can claim God’s blessing. Standish shares the story of Calvin Presbyterian Church in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, and its journey to become a spiritually deep congregation, one that is inwardly and outwardly healthy: spiritually, psychologically, physically, and relationally. Becoming a Blessed Church will help you discern God’s purpose and the path God is calling your congregation to walk. This book will help you find Christ in your midst and become aware of the many ways the blessings of God’s Spirit flow through your congregation. This second edition includes three new practical chapters that answer the questions the author is most frequently asked: how to effectively run a group discernment practice, how to create an effective small group program, and how to set a church vision in a new direction that actually works.

The Church of God, founded in 1886 in the mountains of East Tennessee, has evolved into a major Pentecostal Christian denomination with a worldwide membership. Crews (history and social science, Troy State U., Georgia) traces the religious, social, and political changes that have brought the Church of God into the American Protestant mainstream. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR