The Adventist Church’s Experience in Partnerships for Health and Wholeness “To Make Man Whole”

Brief history of Adventist health work Loma Linda School of Medical Evangelists-1906 Mission: “To participate with Jesus Christ in His ministry ‘to make man whole’ by bringing health, healing, wholeness, and hope to humanity through education,health care and research as we serve local, national and international communities

The World Divisions of the SDA Church

The Missionary Era Africa: mostly rural hospitals –MalawiZimbabweChad –ZambiaLesothoNigeria –KenyaMadagascarLiberia –UgandaRwandaTogo –TanzaniaDjiboutiGhana –EthiopiaCameroonBotswana Asia/Pacific: urban hospitals –China IndiaSouth Korea –Philippines PakistanJapan –Indonesia NepalTaiwan –Malaysia AustraliaThailand –Singapore New ZealandPNG –Solomon Islands

Europe –GermanySwitzerland –England –Norway –Sweden Americas –USAParaguay –Canada Brazil –PeruEcuador –NicaraguaHaiti –Argentina Jamaica –Chile Guyana

Characteristics of the Missionary Era Establishments of new institutions Long term service periods Budgets fully funded Training of national staff Relations with governments

The end of the colonial era Nationalization Lack of senior national staff (e.g. physicians) Subsidies and budgets –government –church –fee for service Competition from new private hospitals

The role of the General Conference Deferred mission appointment program Recruiting from less expensive divisions: –South America –Asia Training in local institutions Adventist Health International (AHI) –management and leadership training of fledgling institutions –Africa, South America, Indian sub-continent