This session will discuss an effective community-based health and development/discipleship ministry in Eastern Uganda that began in the mid 1980s and is still active. This project has had remarkable sustainability and reasonable costs. Anecdotal and statistical information will be presented about the program activities in terms of both community and staff impact. The role of encouragement as a reciprocal empowerment strategy will be highlighted
This session will share answers on how to become a medical missionary. Each person who attends will receive a 3 x 5 card when they enter the room. The moderator John McVay will group and select questions, direct them to appropriate panelists, and receive questions from the floor. Probable topics discussed from questions expected are: Guidance, Agencies, Training, Funding, Singles, and Families.
Missionaries are sent to reproduce themselves spiritually. Yet how do you do that in the midst of a busy clinical and hospital schedule? This seminar will equip you with a biblical model and a simple time-sensitive plan to build and multiply the number of Christ-followers and spiritual leaders among your patients, colleagues, and others on your mission field.
(1) What is the conflict between Science and Religion all about? (2) What are the differences between Evidence Based Medicine, Market Based Medicine and Complimentary and Alternative Medicine? (3) What are the differences between Religiosity and Spirituality? (4) What is the Faith Factor and how strong is the relationship to increased health benefits? (5) What do the Intercessory Prayer Studies show? (6) Divine Healing, Gifts of Healings, and Faith Healing—What are the differences? (7) Spirituality in Medicine—How does the Christian healthcare worker integrate Good Science with a Biblical Worldview and the Great Commission?
This session will focus on important priorities, challenges and risks encountered in disaster relief. A brief introduction to the Disaster Paradigm© based on the AMA’s Disaster Life Support Courses will be reviewed.
by Karen Drake
