Medical Missions with Jenny Coon

01/11/23 • 18 min

Throughout the 2,000 years of church history, Christians on mission have witnessed to God's love through both words and deeds. The early church was renown for its care of the sick, disabled, and elderly - so much so that its sacrificial care of the needy was a critical factor in its rapid spread. Likewise, during the great era of western missionary zeal of the 19th/20th centuries, Christian workers established hospitals and clinics around the world. Care for the physical well-being of individuals and communities has always gone hand-in-hand with the verbal proclamation of the Gospel.
Today we begin a new series that looks at the ministry of medical missions. We want to explore how these ministries of compassion contribute to the overall advance of the Kingdom around the world. In this episode, we're speaking with Jenny Coon who serves as a physical therapist in a church-based compassion ministry in Beirut, Lebanon. She works mainly among Syrian refugees in an under-privileged community of the city.
Go! Podcast is a part of Liberty Bible Church Global ministry. Visit our website at www.findliberty.net.

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We’re excited to share with you today a special episode of the Go Podcast! Today we’ll be hearing about a wonderful ministry our church is partnering with this year as part of our annual Thanksgiving Offering. Liberty Bible Church’s Thanksgiving Offering is a special call to giving that our church makes each year for a particular missions project in either our local community or globally. Each year, the Thanksgiving Offering raises substantial resources that help fund the Great Commission around the world.
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Offering will go towards the Hospital of Hope in Togo, West Africa. The Hospital of Hope is an evangelical ministry providing medical care to thousands of people in the predominantly Muslim region of northern Togo. Funds raised for this project will go towards construction of an expanded maternity ward for the hospital. And, today we get to speak with one of our missionaries who serves at the Hospital of Hope who we share more about this project.
For information about the Hospital of Hope, visit their website at: www.abwe.org/hospital-hope.
If you would like to contribute to this year's Thanksgiving Offering, you can do so online at: www.findliberty.net/give.

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Medical Missions with Caroline Klingbeil

Latest statistics in the US show that there are 26 physicians per 10,000 people in our country. Looking at places like West Africa, this number is dreadfully lower - in the country of Togo, for example, that number is around 1 doctor per 10,000 people. With that kind of disparity, it’s obvious that medicine and healthcare are a critical human need in places like West Africa. Where does Christian missions fit into that story?
Today we're continuing the conversation by speaking to one of our partners serving in the medical field in Africa. We'll be speaking again with Caroline Klingbeil. Caroline is a missions partner of Liberty who serves as a nurse at the Hospital of Hope in Togo.
For information about the Hospital of Hope, visit their website at: www.abwe.org/hospital-hope.
Go! Podcast is a part of Liberty Bible Church Global ministry. Visit our website at www.findliberty.net.