Author: Paul Hudson
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Threats to the future of healthcare mission
What are the dangers ahead? What threatens the future of healthcare mission? This is the fourth part of a SWOT analysis of the health of healthcare mission.
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Opportunities for healthcare mission
Medical professionals can’t meet the health needs of the world alone. As Christians, we are called to collaborate for the glory of Christ and the flourishing of humankind.
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Weakness of healthcare mission
Forty-nine years ago, I found myself as a medical student in a remote mission hospital in Kenya. After just one year of clinical rotations in school, I grappled with the challenges of diagnosing and treating patients. Many a night, I would return home and pore over my books, pondering cases like, ‘What could this case…
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The Strengths of Healthcare Mission
What is the future of Christian healthcare mission? We will examine strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
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Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12.
Getting weary in well doing? Perhaps my own story can help you gain some perspective as you serve the Lord in healthcare mission.
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How can Jubilee help us respond to COVID-19?
We are in the midst of one of the worst global pandemics of a century. What does it have to do with healthcare and Christian mission? There are many lessons we are learning. But one clear message is that this pandemic is much more than the disease of COVID-19. While preparations, PPE, and medical care…
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“We all sat at the same table.”
When resources are scarce and medical professionals are few, one gets overwhelmed with the physical needs of patients needing care. Emotional, spiritual and community care seem like a luxury. Yet the challenge is how to make a long range impact in these communities. Here is an example from the Hopkins Medicine journal which shows…
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Want to change the world? Invest in institutions
SIM’s first Asian medical missionary, Dr. Andrew Ng, served for years at Galmi hospital in Niger, and later provided leadership for SIM from Asia. He always had a youthful vision for how Jesus is shaping the world, and a special love for Jesus’ work in medical missions. And while he just went home to be…