In what ways are followers of Jesus demonstrating God's loving character through caring for the sick, preventing disease, and even attempting to eradicate some diseases?
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by Brian Lowther and Beth Snodderly
People are being wounded physically, psychologically, and spiritually by activities instigated by the adversary, the devil, the sniper, that “ancient foe” that seeks “to work us woe.” In this cosmic battle with the prince of darkness, health care workers need affirmation and support from the body of Christ so they do not grow “weary in doing good” (Gal. 6:9).
Read Moreby Kalemba Mwambazambi
The spread of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa poses an enormous challenge for public health providers in countries that are already weakened by many other evils such as poverty, wars, corruption, social injustice, and political conflicts. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a drop of water in a bucket already overflowing. Within the context of African concepts of family, sexuality, and of the pandemic itself, this article analyzes the tasks of public health providers, communities, and government. It emphasizes the role of families and the church in stemming the exponential spread of this pandemic.
Read Moreby Ralph D. Winter
We have greater opportunities and greater obligations than ever in history. Yet the chasm between our unemployed resources and an effective challenge to big world problems is very great. It is apparent that organized believers are largely missing in the conduct of the Kingdom of God, in bringing His will into the dark and suffering places in our world.
Read Moreby Dan Poenaru, M.D.
“I have a dream…” The iconic words, spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963 resonate in the ears of all those who, like me, would like to see true transformational development be born and flourish through the church of Jesus Christ in global communities bound by poverty, sickness, injustice, and apathy. This is the dream which has led me to a more than decade-long health care career in Africa, and the dream which made me join, in 2000, BethanyKids, a small faith-based organization whose motto is “healing children in Africa, transforming lives.”
Read Moreby Beth Snodderly
God is not the author of disease and suffering although he certainly uses it to bring about good things in this fallen world where humans and angels make free choices that result in the evil and suffering.
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