Ministries of Health and Healing: A Handbook for Health Ministries Leaders, Educators and Professionals in the North American Division
Overview
This second edition of Ministries of Health and Healing is a great resource for health ministry leaders, educators and other professionals in connecting the community for the sake of guiding people into a healthier lifestyle. Compiled by experienced health professionals, this handbook describes basic parish home care skills, explains how to facilitate a healthy lifestyle, and provides key information about natural remedies, collaborating with health institutions, and health education services.
Top Highlights
“Nutrition (proper), Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance (self-control), Air, Rest, and Trust in divine power.” (Page 18)
“The Council also publishes Get Fit, a handbook for children ages 6–17, designed to help kids prepare for the President’s Challenge; 10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for You, a brochure for kids ages 9–15; Kids in Action a booklet for parents, teachers, and care-givers of pre-school children which illustrates simple, fun physical activities for young children; and Physical Activity and Fitness Research Digest, which is specific to children and adolescents.” (Page 129)
“The goal of the Christian religion, in theological terminology, is ‘redemption’—the restoration of what once was, in both humans and their world, thus bringing both back to their original ideal state.’ Then he quotes Jim Gilbertson as saying, ‘God formed us; sin deformed us: salvation through Christ transforms us’ ’ (Adventist Review, Dec. 9, 1993, p. 17).” (Page 12)
“Christians have the same responsibility to preserve their health as they have to preserve their character, promotion of a wider understanding of basic health principles assumes an important role in religion and theology.” (Page 12)
“‘is a sacred duty which God has enjoined upon reasonable beings, formed in His image, to keep that image in as perfect a state as possible’” (Page 14)
- Title: Ministries of Health and Healing: A Handbook for Health Ministries Leaders, Educators and Professionals in the North American Division
- Authors: DeWitt S. Williams, Kay Kuzma, Leo R. Van Dolso
- Edition: Second Edition
- Publisher: AdventSource
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Health education
- ISBNs: 1577560094, 9781577560098
- Resource ID: LLS:MNSTRSHLTHHLNG
- Resource Type: text.monograph.handbook
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:34:33Z