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Re-visioning the Mission of Health
A Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis
Series: - Theology and Mission in World Christianity, Volume: 39
This volume is a global, multidisciplinary exploration of the churchâs mission of creating healthy individuals, families, communities and societies. Following the healing ministry of Jesus, Christians have assumed the availability of divine healing and spiritual well-being, internally and interpersonally. Contributors analyze diverse ministries of health and healing, from around the world and throughout the ages, through historical, theological, and practical lenses. These include desert monasteries; medieval hospices, and shrines; modern âmedical missionsâ; âChristian health servicesâ; contemporary psychological therapies; and Christian healers, who may use traditional medicines and reject biomedical intervention. This research shows how healing is integral to Christian faith and mission.
Kirsteen Kim is the Paul E. Pierson Professor of World Christianity and Associate Dean for the Center for Missiological at Fuller Seminary, California. She has also lived and worked in her native UK, in South Korea, and in India. She has many books and articles to her name and was recently the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies. Alexia Salvatierra is Academic Dean for Centro Latino and Associate Professor of Mission and Global Transformation at Fuller Seminary in California. She is internationally known for her church and community leadership and has recently co-authored Buried Seeds: Learning from the Vibrant Resilience of Marginalized Christian Communities. David Nyansah Hayfron received his PhD from Fuller Seminary in 2024. He is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and also of the Akrofi Christaller Institute in his native Ghana. He is a qualified pharmacist and an ordained minister in the Church of Pentecost.
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Re-visioning the Mission of Healthâa Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis
âKirsteen Kim, Alexia Salvatierra and David Nyansah Hayfron
1 Global Christian Approaches to Healthcare in Late Antique and Medieval Periods
âVince L. Bantu
2 Historical Foundations of Christian Medical Missions
âChristoffer H. Grundmann
3 A Gospel of Healing: Remembering in Order to Recover
âKimberly Ervin Alexander
4 Mission as Participation in Godâs Homemaking: Towards a World without Mourning, Crying, or Pain
âMiroslav Volf
5 Transcending Medicine: an Applied Theology regarding Disease and Global Health
âDaniel W. OâNeill
6 Africansâ Perspectives on the Role of the Church in Health and Healing
âOpoku Onyinah
7 Embracing Public Health: an Expression of Healing and Sacrifice
âStephen Ko
8 Just and Inclusive Communities: Living Spirituality for the âHealing of Nationsâ
âElizabeth Salazar-Sanzana
9 DiscipleShift: Missio Dei as an Invitation to Thrive from Theological and Psychological Perspectives
âPamela Ebstyne King
10 Black Women Flourishing: The Making of a Model
âTina Armstrong and Seanita Scott
11 Ministries of Health and Human Flourishing
âMary Chase-Ziolek
12 Trauma, Resilience, and Task-Shifting: Leveraging the Wealth of the Church for Healing
âGladys K. Mwiti
13 Re-centering Ethnomedicinal HealingâAfricaâs Sacramental View of Diseases and Health as Having Pedagogical Value for Biomedical Practice
âDavid Nyansah Hayfron
Epilogue: Flourishing Life in Health and SicknessâJesusâ Compassionate Healing Ministry for the Fractured World of the Third Millennium
âVeli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Index
Introduction: Re-visioning the Mission of Healthâa Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis
âKirsteen Kim, Alexia Salvatierra and David Nyansah Hayfron
part 1: Christian Healing in History
1 Global Christian Approaches to Healthcare in Late Antique and Medieval Periods
âVince L. Bantu
2 Historical Foundations of Christian Medical Missions
âChristoffer H. Grundmann
3 A Gospel of Healing: Remembering in Order to Recover
âKimberly Ervin Alexander
part 2: Mission Theology of Health
4 Mission as Participation in Godâs Homemaking: Towards a World without Mourning, Crying, or Pain
âMiroslav Volf
5 Transcending Medicine: an Applied Theology regarding Disease and Global Health
âDaniel W. OâNeill
6 Africansâ Perspectives on the Role of the Church in Health and Healing
âOpoku Onyinah
7 Embracing Public Health: an Expression of Healing and Sacrifice
âStephen Ko
8 Just and Inclusive Communities: Living Spirituality for the âHealing of Nationsâ
âElizabeth Salazar-Sanzana
part 3: Ministries of Healing and Thriving
9 DiscipleShift: Missio Dei as an Invitation to Thrive from Theological and Psychological Perspectives
âPamela Ebstyne King
10 Black Women Flourishing: The Making of a Model
âTina Armstrong and Seanita Scott
11 Ministries of Health and Human Flourishing
âMary Chase-Ziolek
12 Trauma, Resilience, and Task-Shifting: Leveraging the Wealth of the Church for Healing
âGladys K. Mwiti
13 Re-centering Ethnomedicinal HealingâAfricaâs Sacramental View of Diseases and Health as Having Pedagogical Value for Biomedical Practice
âDavid Nyansah Hayfron
Epilogue: Flourishing Life in Health and SicknessâJesusâ Compassionate Healing Ministry for the Fractured World of the Third Millennium
âVeli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Index
Suitable for assignment as a text in courses preparing church leaders, chaplains, missionaries, and development workers to deal with issues of health. In addition, it will be of interest to those researching the relationship of healing and mission, especially, and other aspects of Christian involvement in matters of health.