TY  - BOOK
AU  - Myburgh, Elizabeth 
TI  - Towards a Strategy for Enhancing the Healing Ministry at Moreletapark Church from a Wholistic Healing Perspective with Special Reference to Fearfulness
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Johannesburg, South Africa
PB  - South African Theological Seminary
KW  - Healing in the Bible
KW  - Healing Ministry
KW  - SA
N2  - Today  we  see  that  one  of  the  Church’s  foremost  missions is its  most neglected:  the caring ministry  of  healing(cf.Luke  9:1–41)(Allenn.d.). According  to  Grudem  (1994:867), the  church has  three  main purposes: (i) ministry to God: worship; (ii)ministry to believers: nurture; and (iii)ministry to the  world:  evangelism  and  mercy. This  all(see  also  3  John:2)indicates  that God  desires physical,  mental,  psychological,  social and  spiritual  wholeness. The Bible claims that  the  fear  of  God contributes  to the  restoration  of wholeness   in   spirit,   soul   and   body.   Therefore,the fear   of   man   and circumstances would undermine wholeness in spirit, soul and body. Strydom is of the opinion that fear, anxiety and stress are the origin of many diseases (2013:178–181).    Anxiety    disorders    have    surpassed    depression    and alcoholism  as  the  number  one  mental health  problem  in  America  (Anderson and Miller 1999:14). The World Health Organization has declared that chronic diseases cannot be cured anymore –only managed (Nolte, Knai and McKee 2008:1). Underwood emphasizes  that  the  church  needs  to  get  involved  with  people  suffering chronic pain because any chronic condition does not only effect the person’s physical body but is also accompanied by emotional and spiritual suffering too (2006:1-2). Westberg confirms this with his experience at the Wholistic Health Center  in  Illinois  operating  as  a  Church  Clinic  where  many  patients  actually get healed because of the combined intervention of the medical and pastor counseling  practises  (1979:78-81).  This  confirms  Strydoms  findings  that chronic diseases can also have a spiritual origin that needs to be addressed firstly before physical healing can take place (2013:325-326).With   this   background   in   mind,   the   purpose   of   this mini-thesis is   to demonstrate that  the  church  has  a  mandate  to  fulfil  in  terms  of seeking  the healing  of  the  whole  person.  It  is  in  a  sense  an  urgent  call to the  church  of today  to  constructively  get  involved  in  the process  of  this  comprehensive healing by taking hands with health care professionals.The thesis describes and interprets the present counselling practice of Care Focus at Moreletapark Church with special reference to the spiritual healing of people suffering from fearfulness  from  a  wholistic  healing  perspective.  It  then  presents  the  biblical and  theological  foundations  of  counselling  for spiritual healing.  Finally,  it develops  a  communicative  strategic  plan  for  enhancing  the  counseling  and caring ministry of Care Focus at Moreletapark Church with special reference to wholistic healing.From now on the Moreletapark Church will be referred to as Moreletapark
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