Christian Global Health in Perspective [PDF ebook] 
A Guide to Healing and Wholeness in Missions

Introduction

Purpose of Course

Course Description

Course Objectives

Section 1 – Biblical Foundations for Missions – Daniel O’Neill and Paul Hudson

Lesson 1 – Creation, Health, and Wholeness

Lesson 2 – The Fall, Disease, Suffering, and Death

Lesson 3 – Salvation, Healing, and Mission

Section 2 – Historical Foundations – Christoffer Grundmann and Paul Hudson

Lesson 4 – Origins and Infancy: Jesus’s Healing Ministry to the 19th Century

Lesson 5 – Time of Adolescence: Christian Medical Missions During the 19th and 20th Centuries

Lesson 6 – Growing into Maturity: Christian Global Healthcare from the 20th to 21st Century

Section 3 – Culture and Health – Rebecca Meyer and Grace Tazelaar

Lesson 7 – Culture, Worldview, and Health

Lesson 8 – Cultural Factors Impacting Health

Lesson 9 – Culture and the Unseen World

Section 4 – Strategic Innovation – Arnold Gorske, Rebecca Meyer, Perry Jansen, and Mike Soderling 

Lesson 10 – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 

Lesson 11 – Churches, Hospitals, and Health Systems 

Lesson 12 – Leadership, Innovation, and Emerging Practices

Rebecca Meyer (Ph D, MSNed, BSN, RN) has been a nurse for over thirty-five years, working in the PICU/CVICU as part of the ECMO Team and Transport Team and as an Educator, Charge Nurse, and Manager. A full-time professor since 2010, she served as the curriculum coordinator and co-author of Christian Global Health in Perspective, part of Health for All Nations. She trains and leads students to serve cross-culturally and integrate their faith with their discipline.