The mission of the Health Ministries of the Bethel Seventh-day Adventist church is to encourage and enable our members and community not only to experience a healthful abundant life but also to share the divine principles for whole person. Our goal is that each church member and Bethel resident may become a conduit for health, healing, and restoration for a hurting body, mind, or soul.
Bethel Health Ministries seeks to fulfill its role by providing resource support, leadership training, organizational development, representation, mentoring, event planning and professional support to members. In addition, we seek to work in an integrative way with other Adventist Ministries, Adventist Health Institutions, community Health institutions, as well as collaborate and partner with faith based organizations.
It is God’s desire that each of us may have an abundant life (John 10:10), and that means abundance of physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well being. These areas of our lives are all interconnected and cannot be neglected if we want to experience whole person health. Our God has lovingly given us divine principles to follow in order to achieve optimal health, and we are called to receive the many benefits of living by these principles. We believe our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit and we must care for it intelligently so we can fully experience God’s presence and discern His will in our lives.
By adopting the most healthful lifestyle with adequate exercise, rest, and a healthy diet, by abstaining from things that harm our mind and body, by nurturing healthy interpersonal relationships, by maintaining a positive outlook and hopeful attitude, and by seeking to know God deeply and trusting in His leading of our lives, we can begin to experience an abundant life today while also making a positive impact in the lives of those around us.