The Healing Congregation

Mission hospitals played a significant role in the development of healthcare globally during earlier centuries. In most recent decades there has been a movement to establish ministries of healing in local congregations and surrounding communities.

Dr. E. Anthony Allen, the author of this book has been involved in the setting up advocacy and writing about the healing ministry for several years. The Healing Congregation is a comprehensive manual on how to set up, manage and evaluate the several aspects of a church's ministry of healing. It offers theological and public health concepts as well as a step by step approach to practice.

This is a must read for "church leaders, volunteer workers as well as theologians and other human service professionals.