Webinar #209 Dr Paul Hudson - Healthcare & Mission of God Finding Joy in the Crucible of Ministry

Recorded on 1 August 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Hudson Jesus went about healing people and preaching the Kingdom of God. Healthcare professionals who want to serve Christ can find it challenging to integrate faith and practice, especially in a cross-cultural mission setting. Having served as a missionary doctor in Africa and Asia, Paul Hudson will unpack some of the roots of our frustrations and struggles as Christian health professionals. He offers a fresh perspective on healthcare and missions, a recovery of God’s purposes for healthcare in the bigger story of the Bible. His new book, Healthcare and the Mission of God invites us to joy in healthcare ministry. Paul Hudson (MD, MPH, FACP) was trained as a physician at Johns Hopkins and an epidemiologist at the US Centers for Disease Control. He became a Christian while in medical school. He and his family served with SIM as medical missionaries in Ethiopia, Nepal, and Thailand over three decades. He has worked in clinical care, community health, and HIV and AIDS. A student of the integration of healthcare and the gospel, he teaches and coaches healthcare missionaries globally. He and his wife live in the United States near SIM headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠