Recently, the World Health Organization accepted a holistic understanding of health that includes not only physical and emotional dimensions, but spiritual dimension as well. Contemporary churches have every right and responsibility to be instruments of God's healing in the manner and likeness of the early church. The Kwang Lim Methodist Church that I pastor regularly practices spiritual healing during early morning prayer, special services, and during Sunday worship, through which we have experienced any miraculous healings. These healing experiences have demonstrated the presence of the Holy Spirit, and have given us a strong motivation for our evangelistic efforts. We pray to exercise spiritual gifts.
Church growth occurs when members of the church exercise their diverse gifts in ministry.
Dr. C. Peter Wagner teaches that there are 27 spiritual gifts mentioned in the Bible, and they play an indispensable role in church growth. Pastors come to understand their spiritual gifts through prayer, and develop them through practice in ministry. When pastors have gained a clear understanding of spiritual gifts, they can train and equip lay people with spiritual gifts. Then the possibility of church growth is more than just a dream, it becomes a reality. We pray to offer spiritual worship to God.