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Professional nursing is the backbone of healthcare worldwide. Where nursing has not been recognized as a profession with its own knowledge and responsibilities to the public, healthcare has been affected. Bethel University and Uganda Christian University (UCUJ) have collaborated and joined forced to create academic programs in a rich Christian context to create well prepared nurses for the future of Uganda. Our partnership first created a degree completion program and currently the focus is on preparing nurse leaders at the masters’ level. This partnership has benefited both programs. A large number of Bethel University undergraduate senior nursing students spend January in Uganda, in the future some will spent a semester at UCU. Recently Masters’ student from UCU spent 10 weeks at Bethel’s campus. They took a combined class on Global Health with Bethel students. Bethel students reported the significant contribution of the UCU students to their learning. A number of Bethel faculty (and a few from elsewhere) are involved in teaching in the masters’ program taught modularly and online. This collaboration is empowering nurse leaders (particularly nurse educators) to advance the profession of nursing in Uganda. We hope to draw students from other parts of Africa to join in the masters’ program.

One of the results of the global HIV and AIDS pandemic is an overwhelming number of orphans and vulnerable children. This session will discuss the unique needs of children impacted by HIV and AIDS and present "best practices" to guide the compassionate responses of the Church.

Transformation is essentially a God process. Can the less tangible as well as tangible aspects of this process be measured in a meaningful way as we engage in holistic development? This session will present some case studies to help us identify various indicators of transformation and propose models to evaluate holistic development programs.

Die to Live, Live to Die

Disciples who commit themselves to risky obedience will face strong opposition from enemies within and without. Jesus gave often overlooked counsel on how to wage prayer warfare.

There are countless barriers that prevent aspiring healthcare missionaries from achieving their goals. Come learn strategies for recognizing and overcoming both obvious and hidden obstacles.

Identifying and using local resources to address both nutritional and economic needs of you community. Emphasis will be place on nutrious tropical plants that can be used as perennial vegetables and have proven health benefits.

Terry Dalrymple is a pioneer in integrated or holistic ministry practice on a worldwide scale. He coordinates a network of more than 250 organizations doing holistic ministry in 93 countries. In this workshop Terry will share stories of community transformation, and survey principles and best practices for holistic community development.

Community Health Evangelism (CHE) is a breakthrough mission strategy that seamlessly integrates evangelism and discipleship with disease prevention and community-based development. Through CHE ministries people become followers of Jesus, churches are planted, and entire communities are lifted out of cycles of poverty and disease. Terry Dalrymple has been instrumental in guiding the expansion of a worldwide CHE movement that now involves more than 250 organizations in 93 countries. In this workshop, Terry will describe how to implement an integrated community health program in rural villages. He will also connect participants with resources and collaborative partners to help build and expand their own programs.

Obedience to God’s laws favors health. This includes laws found in the Bible.

There are inherent dangers that come with following Jesus into a ministry of medicine. God's ways are not the ways of men and all too often health care professionals are slowly led astray from their original intent and calling to follow Jesus into a life of healing. God's heart is to bring restoration to a fallen world. But God's purpose of restoration can easily get lost as we enter into the health care system. Now more than ever, we need to maintain biblical fidelity in our medical practices. In this seminar, we will focus on Jesus' mission to bind up the broken hearted by surveying the biblical foundations for healing ministry in Isaiah, Luke, and Acts. We will also discuss what it will take to recover the holy call of healing.

Poverty and health are intimately associated. The nations of poverty are also home to the lowest life expectancy, greatest child mortality, and highest number of preventable deaths. Three interventions are especially effective. First, we must promote economic development, for history demonstrates that as overall income increase so does health status. Second, we must stand against military conflict, for in nations so embattled over 90 percent of deaths are from hunger and infectious diseases. Third, we must advocate those specific interventions that have proven most effective against the leading diseases of poverty, such as provision of safe drinking water and mosquito nets to prevent malaria, though these interventions may be inconsistent with the standard medical paradigm.