Faith-life Deficiency, More Devastating than All Social and Emotional Disorders Combined
Nation's leading Christ-based Counselor identifies major social and emotional plague.
Denver, CO and Flower Mound, TX (PRWEB) March 29, 2007 -- Now and into the future, Faith-life Deficiency represents one of the most critical health crisis in the nation according to Dr. Steven B. DavidSon. DavidSon discloses that Christians suffer the same issues, and to the same degree as their non-believing counterparts. In his view, this should not be the case. "Believers represent the model of human functioning, Jesus Christ. I would never suggest that believers can avoid personal failure or crisis. It is the repetitive personal-failures, outrageous conduct, and pathetic response to circumstances that represent the issue. When leaders in the Christian community are affected by addictions, pornography, promiscuous lifestyles, domestic violence, 'multi-racism,' depression and similar maladies to-the-same-degree as persons in the general public, you can imagine the impact on the believing and non-believing community. It is devastating."
DavidSon, the nation's leading Christ-based Counselor, and a leading-edge Christian educator continues: "What we have discovered in both our local and national ministry where we assess Christ-based faith-life skills, is that people confessing to be Christians know little about their faith concerning supernatural empowerment, personal decisions, and responding to life's circumstances. Superstition, mysticism, religious premonition, and oral tradition continue to dominate believers' lives. This includes both Catholics and Protestants. This is a reflection on anyone and everyone responsible for developing God's people. When you witness Christian leaders succumbing to conduct considered disgraceful in the general public, it represents major problems within congregations. No doubt, the Church as a whole is the most benevolent enterprise on the earth. However, churches and ministries are supposed to prepare people for the personal and interpersonal realities.
It is not difficult to gain some perspective on the causes. Jesus' learning model requires extensive time, well-designed programming, daily study and interaction for his followers to learn the faith-life principles. Observe ministries who attract both copycat ministries and the crowds. The focus is on quantity and not quality. You do not witness efforts to educate believers in all areas of living. There is rarely any mention of personal study, and delivery is motivational for the moment. There is typically a theme or shtick that identifies the ministry's primary message, and Jesus Christ is merely a convenient reference. Other ministries recognize the problem, but they attempt to use aethiest-based programming from the psycho-socio theories as opposed to creator-based approaches. When ministries do have excellent faith-life development programs, there is typically a follow the principles 'if-you-want and when-you-want' spirit that falls short of the personal sacrifice Jesus required. There are ministries who have it right, but it is too few. The result is Faith-life Deficiencies where the preacher and the pew lack the faith-life skills to respond to life's circumstances in a powerful and effective manner. The Barna Group's survey results for 2006 affirm our findings. Concerning Christians in general he states, 'faith is rarely the focal point of their life or a critical factor in decision making.' This is an appalling result, and the root cause for the social and emotional calamity among believers. Moreover, it affects Christians' influence on the general public.
Since Jesus proclaimed that we are the light-of-the-world, and the salt-of-the-earth, we bear significant responsibility for what we are experiencing world-wide and within our walls." DavidSon's fourth-and-newly released book, The Believer from Milk to Maturity, The Ultimate Health Program, and the accompanying web site M2Maturity.org are designed to support ministries and help individuals respond to the Faith-life Deficiency crisis. The book is available on-line at Amazon.com, Barnes and Nobles.com, and other retail outlets.
Ministry Relations Contact:
A3CEES
Jackie Massey
P.O. Box 271386
Flower Mound, Texas 75027
972 987 1674
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