How do the CHE Vision and Values and Values– Long-Term Development, Wholistic Discipleship, Ministry to the Poor and Needy, etc. — translate to the European context? Watch GCN Representative Council Member Ron Seck‘s workshop on the Paradigm Shifts of CHE Ministry from last year’s Urban Wholistic Community Development Conference in Paris. To learn more from Ron, read…
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Servant Leadership- Core Value Blog Post
By Dr. Martine Fristch Global CHE Network Representative Council Member Community Health Evangelism seeks to encourage Christ-like servant leadership. Servant leadership is a timeless concept found in throughout religious texts and leadership literature alike. But Christ-like servant leadership is set apart. Christ is the wisest, most profound teacher to have walked the earth. At the same…
CHE Core Values: Participatory Learning
CHE Core Values “When medical professionals de-professionalize, health comes to the people.” These are the words of David Werner—globally recognized pioneer in primary health care and community health. Allow me to repurpose his words: “When educators de-professionalize, knowledge comes to the people.” Professionals often tend towards either a conventional or progressive philosophy. Conventional educators seek…
CHE Core Values: Local Ownership
A Bridge Over Troubled Water By Keith Holloway Representative Council Member After 20 years of civil conflict, the land and people of Lira were worn and weary. Poverty and defeat were etched upon the faces of the villagers we encountered. In spite of this, our local CHE partners—the Pentecostal Church of Uganda—knew that the people…
Core Value: Long-Term Solutions
By John Payne, M.D. Global CHE Network Representative Council Member In the late 1980s villagers in central Zaire (now D. R. Congo) came to Medical Ambassadors missionaries asking if the missionaries would teach them how they could help themselves. They had seen missions come, do good things for people, and leave. When the missionaries left,…