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This blog explores how our medical work can align with God’s purposes. We don’t have to guess how to connect our work to the Kingdom of God. Understanding how healthcare fits into the whole story of the Bible will help us recover a sure foundation. A solid integration of healthcare and mission will help us move ahead with confidence and joy.
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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…
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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…
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How unhealthy is the world?
Let’s focus our action to the poor and marginalized of the world
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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…
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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…
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Listen up!
Young doctors learn an old practice!
