Challenges And Prospects Of Christian Healing Ministry

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Christian healing represents “a specific mode of therapy which has been well cultivated since ancient times, being an offshoot of the Judaic tradition”.1 Most Dictionaries denote healing as an adjective derived from the verb, to heal, which means “to cure a disease or disorder”, “to restore to soundness”, “to make whole and healthy” (chambers 20th Cent. Dict). Thus, healing in its common sense usage would mean the removal of the factors that cause disease and infirmity. There is the religious or the spiritual aspect of healing which both the…