Traditionally, society has defined health, healing and wholeness in two ways. The technological model defines health, healing and wholeness functionally. Health is robust physical fitness, whereas disease is a breakdown, an invasion or corrosion of the physical system. The holistic model defines health and wholeness as the balance of body, mind and spirit. Disease is the disruption of that balance.
Healing is the restoration of balance.
An inordinate emphasis on the individual as the source and sustainer of his or her own life weakens the holistic model. Both the technological and holistic models are devoid of essential Christian elements. Thus, there is a great need for setting forth the Christian perspective of health, healing and wholeness. Wholeness is a dynamic conversion process, incorporating repair, restoration of balance and the transformation of perspective through the power of the Holy Spirit that leads creation closer to the reign of God. We believe there is an urgent need to live out a Christian model of health, healing and wholeness more fully, especially in light of the current situation, in both the faith community and society.