Growing a Healing Ministry

This is a five session course written by Acorn staff and is designed for small groups in the local church. The course will give biblical and practical guidance on how to grow and develop a healing ministry in your church. Each session is interactive and practical. Session Titles are as follows:

Session 1: SEEDS OF FAITH

This session is an introduction to the healing ministry and enables the group members to discover the breadth of God's healing, and excite them about the fact that God heals today and they can be involved in this ministry.

Session 2: RICH SOIL FOR GROWTH

This looks at the basic principles and attitudes that are necessary for sound pastoral care in the healing ministry, and shows how Christian listening is an excellent foundation for healing.

Session 3: LEAVES FOR HEALING

With the use of case studies this session looks at the different ways we can receive healing. It also explores who we can offer care to for those who don't receive obvious cure in the healing ministry.

Session 4: GROWING A HEALING CHURCH

This session helps the group to think of how their church can live as a healing community, and to show how the gifts and abilities of every member of the church are required for a fruitful healing ministry.

Session 5: FRUIT ABUNDANT

This is a highly practical session that helps church groups apply what they have been learning in the course.

'Growing a Healing Ministry' can be obtained from Whitehill Chase. Cost £10.00 plus £2.50 p&p or through the online bookshop

In Search of Wholeness

A Christian theology of healing and practical training for both church and medical settings

The Church of England's report, 'A Time to Heal' is a fresh affirmation of the church's commission not only to preach and teach but also to heal. Among its many recommendations is a new emphasis on training for all those involved. It also recommends a closer relationship betwen the church and medical professions.

Acorn and St John's Extension Studies, Nottingham, have been jointly developing a new training resource in collaboration with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Chaplaincy Centre. The vision has been to create a resource that can be used both in the context for training members of healing teams and in the hospital context for training chaplaincy visitors.

'In Search of Wholeness' can be obtained from Whitehill Chase. Cost £10.95 inc p&p or through the online bookshop

More books on the healing ministry by Russ Parker and Michael Mitton are recommended reading and are available from Whitehill Chase or via the bookshop link above.

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