In today's devotional from InTouch Ministries - The Church: God's Design - Charles Stanley writes about the significance of the church and how God uses it to reach people and transform their lives. In scripture, the word body is often used to represent the church - a unified … [Read more...]
Whole Person Care in the Local Church – A New Paradigm
This guest blog post was written by Dr Mike Soderling. Dr Soderling is Director for the Centre for Health in Mission(HIM) and co-Catalyst for the Lausanne Health in Mission Issue Network. His passion is seeing the global Church embrace Her full calling to ministries of health, … [Read more...]
A New Resource: Customizable Articles – Customize, Copy and Share
I've just added a new resource on the website to support your ministries, churches, hospitals and organizations. 18 attractive 1-page articles that I've written now contain a block where your organization’s name and contact information may be added. Once you add your specific … [Read more...]
Are Believers a Bad Influence on Your Health Behaviors?
Our health-related behaviors can easily become influenced by the ways of the world - the ways of the unbeliever. We can also be influenced, in a negative way, by other Christians. Social norms and the practices of those around us can be so influential that our ways and habits … [Read more...]
Church Health Conference – 2013
Thursday morning, I'm headed to Memphis, TN to attend the Church Health Conference sponsored by the Church Health Center from April 4-7, 2013. I'll be joining about 400 people from throughout the country as we gather to learn more about how to better serve people though various … [Read more...]
Health Ministries in Houses of Faith
Last week I had the good fortune of attending a Health Ministries Leadership Summit in San Francisco hosted by Health Ministries Association (HMA). The summit was an opportunity for national leaders whose work involves the intersection of faith and health to gather and network to … [Read more...]