HIS BRANCHES
A. Scope of Ministry Commitment
1. Spirit (pneumo)
prayer
intercession
new birth
healing
deliverance
confirmation
praise
worship
2. Soul (psyche)
counsel
train
encourage
visit
reconcile
edify
comfort
3. Body (soma)
bind up wounds
splint
assist functioning
relieve
remove source of assault (e.g., antibiotics)
rest
protect
nourish
shelter
All interrelated
Recognition in common
language:
in good spirits -
cheerful, well, cooperative
in bad spirits - hostile,
ill-tempered, depressed
psychology - study of the
emotions
psychiatry - lit., “soul
healing”
psychosomatic - physical illness
related to the emotions
somatic signs - evidence
of physical illness
Object: to love a person
into the wholeness and fullness of his calling.
Word: 1 John
Luke 10
James
1
Thessalonians 5
B. Focus of Ministry
1. Individuals
2. Families
3. Fellowship
groups
community
households
prayer
fellowships
house
churches
organized
bodies
4. Neighborhoods
5. Broader
Community
Ministry originates within
Body of Christ and serves other parts of the Church as well as reaching into
remaining secular community.
Word: Romans 12 & 13
C. Ministry resources provided by:
1. Jesus Christ
operating by grace through a group of renewed individuals:
Christians with a calling to this work
volunteers
people with gifts and talents
a united group
saints
people whose lives are in order
the ransomed of the Lord
We will be unable to give
anything which we have not yet received ourselves.
Word: Ephesians 4 & 5
1 Thessalonians 1 & 2
D. Functional needs:
1. Space
prayer center 1+
counselling
2-3
examination
and treatment 2-3
waiting
group meeting
office and
records
support (lab,
lavatories, kitchen)
2. Finances
space
and utilities
equipment (office, exam, treatment)
furnishings
support
for full-time staff
3. Authorization
spiritual commission and oversight
secular
clearance for facility
incorporation
licensure
inspection
codes
4. Time
devotions and prayer
sharing and
discussion
study,
teaching seminars
retreats
solid
foundations
growth and
development
Word: Luke 6
Phillippians 4
E. Subjects for thought and prayer:
1. What could
be nature of problem? approach? solution?
overweight
alcohol abuse
drug abuse
skin rash
depression
anxiety
loneliness
divorce
unwed mother
epilepsy
venereal disease
hypertension
school phobia
peptic ulcer
spastic colon
angina
marital strife
pregnancy
injury
threatened suicide
impotence
criminal behavior
unemployment
grief
developmental disorder
paralysis
deafness
blindness
....
2. Are there
any limits to the redeeming power of grace?
Word: Isaiah 53 (see
alternate translations also)
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans 8
Isaiah 35
F. Selected References
1. Holy Bible
2. Recent books
Healing
Belongs to Us, Kenneth Hagan
Healing,
Francis McNutt
The
Normal Christian Church Life
Release
of the Spirit
What shall this man do? Watchman Nee
The
Foundation Series, Derek Prince
Surgery
of the Soul, William Reed
I
Married You, Walter Trobisch
3.
Journal articles
“Help
for the Cities”, John Poole, New Wine,
May
1977.
“Free
Community Clinic”, Schacter & Elliston, JAMA,
April
25, 1977.
“Wholistic
Health Center Project”, Tubesing, et. al.,
Medical Care, March 1977.
William R. Morehouse, MD
Winter 1977-78