<p>Looks at Christian Ministry and Missions with regard to role of spiritual and social ministries. Focus is on demonstrating the value of Holistic ministry in meeting both felt and real needs of recipients.</p>
Tag: social ministry
Wings versus Springs— Images of Holistic Missions
I have been reading Christopher Wrights's book "The Mission of God"... I am a slow reader. But I was also reading a review of that book by Trevin Wax... actually a very good review... but there was a part that got me thinking. Trevin was noting some disagreement (or apparent disagreement) with Wright's focus on …
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Why Do Good? Or Why Not?
We (me and my family... I am not talking about myself in first person plural) do a number of different ministries here in the Philippines. This includes church ministries of different sort, some church planting, and seminary teaching. But our biggest work has been more what is often called social ministry. This includes medical missions …
Why Do We Do Relief and Development Ministries?
There has been many concerns about Christian missions and its role in RELIEF and in DEVELOPMENT. Much of this is in the area of perception. Here is some variety regarding perspective regarding these forms of social ministry. 1. Perspectives regarding the relationship between these forms of social ministry and "spiritual" ministry in mission work. Jerry …
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