4 Principles & Elements of Holistic Ministry
FOUR PRINCIPLES OF HOLISTIC MINISTRY
In developing people, LPAC operates from our Four Principles of Holistic Ministry™, our personal development principles.
We believe our Four Principles of Holistic Ministry™ facilitate spiritual and moral change, which in turn lead to socio-political and economic change. We also see our principles as a manifestation of one's walk in Christ. Ultimately, through increased participation and maturity, people, institutions, and communities will become holistic, thereby permanently improving the social fabric of our society as a whole.
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LIBERATION |
HEALING |
| Liberation urges people and institutions to free themselves from social conditioning and systems that do not serve the people they were created to help. | Healing challenges people to be wounded healers, not in a condescending way or feeling superior to those who have been wounded, but as people who have experienced divine grace. |
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TRANSFORMATION |
COMMUNITY |
| Transformation summons people to become catalysts for on-going renewal in their personal life and in the community at large. | Community prompts people not only to become one community (Koinonia), but also to serve the larger community (Diakonia). |
FOUR ELEMENTS OF HOLISTIC MINISTRY
In developing institutions, LPAC operates from our Four Elements of Holistic Ministry™, our ministry development principles. We believe our Four Elements of Holistic Ministry™ facilitate the design and operations of our holistic ministries. They also guide us in serving our target people and institutions. Collectively, they enable us to maintain a balanced approach to leadership and service, thereby helping us achieve the greatest impact for people, ministry, and society.
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CONCEPTUAL ("Transcendental Vision") |
CONTEXTUAL ("Interrelated Events") |
| We have a transcendent vision from which our values and beliefs are conceived. ª Conceptual means conceived from a transcendent vision that is transmitted through the mind. ª Depending on how we conceive our vision will determine how we bring it into existence. ª Our vision emanates from our transcendent reality and takes concrete form in the natural. |
We understand the interrelated conditions and experiences of people and community in which we serve. ª Context means keeping us grounded in the particular realities of the community and environment. ª Context prevents us from dichotomizing and fragmenting human existence. ª Context shows us the path to the shalom of the city: wholeness with God, people, institutions, and nature. |
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ORGANIC ("Interdependent Growth") |
INCARNATIONAL ("In the Midst") |
| We grow alongside the community, are mutually dependent, and engage in coordinated efforts. ª Organic means growing together; when that does not happen, it signals abnormality. ª Organic is mutually dependent, supportive. ª Organic is coordinated and cohesive. ª Organic is simultaneous. |
We flesh ourselves out in partnership with the community. ª Incarnational means engaging local residents and leaders in partnerships and collaborations. ª We enter the reality of the community while holding on to self. ªWe hang between two worlds: the world of the other and the world of self.
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