In Preach and Heal Dr Charles Fielding calls us to make disciples by preaching the Gospel while simultaneously demonstrating God’s love. He places a strong emphasis on planting and developing communities of believers that spiritually reproduce themselves. He also offers practical steps toward achieving that objective, including an array of specific strategies that are applicable in a variety of settings. This insightful volume should be a help to everyone seeking to impact the world for Christ as missionaries.
Franklin Graham, President and CEO
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Samaritan’s Purse
Preach and Heal by Dr. Charles Fielding is a landmark book. It demonstrates the necessary balance between preaching, teaching, and healing. Church planting, evangelism and humanitarian ministry are not competitive, but complimentary. Jesus did all three and so must we. At Saddleback church, we’ve learned that the greatest impact and exponential growth occurs when preaching, teaching, and healing are entwined together in indigenous local congregations.
In the past 4 years, we’ve sent out 7,766 Saddleback members, through over 1,000 PEACE mission teams, to 68 countries. I wish we’d had this book sooner for our training courses! You can be sure that we’ll be using Preach and Heal with our members, and also recommending it to every church sending out PEACE teams.
Dr. Rick Warren
The Purpose Driven Life
Global P.E.A.C.E. Network
Charles Fielding’s brilliant Preach and Heal is one of the best books yet on the subject of church-planting movements. Fielding takes a fresh look through the eyes of a medical missionary who passionately desires his physical labors to yield an eternal harvest. If you've ever wondered how to blend Christ's commands to "heal the sick!" with his commands to "preach the gospel!" then this is the book for you.
David Garrison, Ph.D.
Missionary and author
If you want to gain a better understanding of the nuts and bolts of how 12 disciples became Jesus’ instruments in the advance of the Gospel - read this one. If you want to understand the most basic principles of cross-cultural ministry, read it. If you live in North America and you think you understand international missions, you need to read this book before you speak another word about missions, preach another sermon on missions, or plan another mission trip. If you want to understand effective ministry that results in church planting movements around the world - read Preach and Heal!
Dr. Mark Morris
Emerging Leader Team,
International Mission Board
www.missionleader.com
This is a fantastic book and greatly needed. I think its practical strategic value to church planting exceeds anything in print. The focus on getting to the main thing of evangelism and starting churches is one of the best and straightforward, biblical based methodologies in circulation. The reader feels engaged in a narrative conversation with a passionate advocate for missions and ministry.
Preach and Heal is a testimony and practical manual that eliminates any pretext of a dichotomy between evangelism and compassionate ministries. The author is a doctor who is passionate about people coming to faith in Jesus Christ. He has served in the remotest locations of countries restricted to a Christian witness, yet with integrity and boldness, he has shared his faith while skillfully meeting human needs. His years of experience are reflected in his diversity of approaches to minister and find acceptance in the most hostile environment. His book will give a new vision for touching a lost work with the love of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Jerry Rankin, president
International Mission Board
"Preach and Heal" is a must read missions book. Beginning with showing how we often become trapped into thinking in separate boxes of spiritual and physical ministry, Fielding clearly shows how this can hinder the work of making disciples of Jesus Christ.
It is clear Fielding has great passion to see a great harvest of souls for the Kingdom and is passionate about ministry within the unreached areas and peoples of the world. Whether you agree with everything written in "Preach and Heal," there is no doubt you will be stimulated to think deeply and challenged to follow the example of Jesus to preach and heal.
Daniel Tolan, M.D.
Center for Medical Missions
Christian Medical/Dental Association
"Preach and Heal is a groundbreaking book! It contains revolutionary strategies by a young pioneer on the frontier of modern missions. He has trail blazed a path for others to follow through the wilderness where few go and many have failed. A must read for every Great Commission disciple!"
David Stevens, M.D.
CEO of Christian Medical & Dental Association
This is the book we medical missionaries have been waiting for! It is the best book I have ever read about the true "discipleship model" that Jesus gives us for reaching a lost world. "Preach and Heal" makes it clear that the scripture shows we healthcare workers need to "preach," and the preacher missionaries need to "heal." This was Jesus' model and it should be ours. Dr. Fielding outlines the Biblical commands that show us that all disciples should be targeting the whole person: mind, body, and spirit.
William Russell, MD
Medical Missionary