Overcoming Obstacles Dr. Pamela Couture, Asst. The reframing, however, reveals substantive differences in the way that we might perceive the task.
Initiators tend to talk about congregations as resources to be tapped.
The goal of the initiators, then, is to find ways to use the congregation's resources to promote health. Congregations may well cooperate with this approach as it requires them to change their ways very little. An early success, however, may lead to a temporary program since the congregation forms little sense of ownership of health promotion and disease prevention as ministry. Because adequate groundwork has not been laid, an early failure can lead to the congregation's discouragement and unwillingness to cooperate with future efforts. This restatement suggests that health promotion can be considered a part of the theological practice of the congregation.