Curriculum

This course is designed to provide you with a thorough understanding of what constitutes true gospel-medical missionary work. This course trains students to be Gospel Medical Missionaries. It provides the opportunity for students to learn about nature's Laws of Health. Simple but effective, these principles preserve the wealth of health, provide an answer to cancer and many other diseases while improving the quality of physical, mental and spiritual life. With an emphasis to educate rather than medicate, students will learn methods of true health evangelism and how to employ it as an entering wedge to win souls to Jesus. Furthermore, students will be taught how to live; this will encompass every aspect of life. Educating self and others is a primary goal to enhance physical, mental and spiritual health. Ultimately, the course provides a deeper understanding of the Greatest Medical Book Ever Written, the Bible. Subjects that will be studied include:

Course Outline

Bible Training

This class can add a spark into your own spiritual life as it seeks to enable you to be able to reveal and share with others the way of salvation. It incorporates the study of Bible prophecy, the sanctuary, church history, righteousness by faith, how to study the Bible, how to give biblical health presentations and door to door witnessing. Topics include:

The Life and Teachings of Jesus
Bible Doctrines
The Three Angel's Messages
The Sanctuary
Righteousness by Faith
How to Study the Bible
How to Present Effective Bible Studies
Principles of True Education

Ministry of Healing

This subject is designed to aid students in examining and exemplifying the life and ministry of Jesus, the Greatest Medical Missionary that ever lived. Special emphasis is given to Christ's method of reaching the heart by meeting the physical needs of mankind. Furthermore, the student will learn of the intricate relationship between health and morals. Topics include:

Role of Health in the Plan of Salvation
Christ Our Example
Biblical Principles of Medical Missionary Work
Teaching Principles of Health
Gospel Medical Missionary Evangelism

God's Nutrition Plan

Students will explore principles of nutrition by studying biblical and scientific reasons for a plant-based diet and the relationship between diet, spirituality and health. In addition there are hands-on cooking (and tasting) classes. Students will learn to prepare hygienic, wholesome, palatable dishes. Topics include:

Reasons For Reform
Diet And Spirituality
Diet In Relation To Disease
Nutritional Needs And Deficiencies
The Biblical Classification of Foods
Menu And Meal Planning
Food Practicums

Nature's Rational Remedies

Principles and application of nature's remedial agencies such as herbs and foods and the systematic approach to herbs with a variety of preparations such as poultices and tinctures are discussed and visualized. Topics include:

The Place of Rational Remedies in God's Plan
The Principles and Application of Food and Herbal Remedies
An Introduction to the Systematic Approach to Herbs
Herb Classifications
Principles of Administering Herbs
Herbal Preparations such as: Poultices, Tinctures, Teas and More

Hydrotherapy and Massage

This class will enable you to use the most abundant substance on the earth as a means of maintaining health. Simple water treatments and stress and disease-reducing massage will be illustrated. Topics include:

A Systematic Approach and Rational Application of Water the Preservation of Health
A Practical Class in the Art of Massage Therapy and Its Healthful Effect on the Body

Understanding The Creator's Masterpiece

This class is designed to build a scientific and biblical understanding of the human organism. From the function of the law-abiding cells, to the physiology of the four step digestive system, the great war waged everyday in the immune system, and the ordained seven channels of elimination, students are taught to recognize and appreciate the signature of God upon every organ, tissue and cell. Then the student will be truly able to exclaim with David, "I will praise thee [God]; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Psalm 139:14. Topics include:

Reasons for Studying Anatomy and Physiology
The Life in the Cells
Overview of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body
The Biblical Concepts of Vital Force
Physiology of Digestion
The Seven Channels of Elimination
The Immune System

God's Plan for the Preservation and Restoration of Health

This subject is designed to provide instruction regarding the principles and applications of the eight Laws of Health: Godly Trust, Open Air, Daily Exercise, Sunshine, Proper Rest, Lots of Water, Always Temperate and Nutrition. The student will learn the therapeutic value and application of these laws as well as the cause (and how to ascertain the cause) of disease and how to live a disease-resistant life. By the end of the course, students will be able to differentiate between heaven's approved method of healing and other false methods. Topics include:

What is GOD'S PLAN?
What is Health and Disease?
The Therapeutic Value of the Eight Laws of Health
Principles and Application of GOD'S PLAN
True and False Methods of Healing

Medical Missionary Home Health Care

The principles of ministry to the sick in their homes or a home-like facility and how to transform your home into a sanitarium, a place where healing can occur.

Christian Lifestyle Consulting

This course prepares you to meet the needs of a sin-sick, disease ridden world. It will prepare you to become a Christian lifestyle consultant.

Medical Terminology

Basic health assessment techniques including basic symptom assessment and how to determine the cause of a condition by applying the principles of GOD'S PLAN to disease.

Agriculture

This class provides theory as well as experience in growing life-giving food. Instruction on planting, cultivating as well as harvesting and preserving various types of nourishing produce is provided. Topics include:

An introduction to the science of gardening
Development of practical skills on growing and maintaining a garden
Practical lessons on righteousness by faith through gardening
Food preservation labs, i.e. canning

Literature Evangelism

This class covers the importance of our denomination’s literature ministry and its relation to the closing work. Students Learn the beauty of the canvassing work in paving the way to the hearts and homes of those whom otherwise could not be reached. At the conclusion, students will be fully equipped to carry on the Canvassing work. Topics include:

Practical knowledge on how to go door-to-door distributing distinct SDA publications
Gospel Salesmanship
How to overcome objections
Participation in a local canvassing program

In addition to classroom instruction, the students participate in work assignments and receive hands-on training through the health center. Furthermore, there are also work programs offered that provide training in practical lines such as food preparation, maintenance, office work, natural farming and more.

This power-packed program has been prepared so that you can become a trained Gospel Medical Missionary for these last days.