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Inner Healing and Deliverance As an Essential Component of The Digital Commons @ George Fox University Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations 1-1-2017 Inner Healing and Deliverance as an Essential Component of the Discipleship Structure of the Local Church Jonathan Lee Shoo Chiang George Fox University, [email protected] This research is a product of the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) program at George Fox University. Find out more about the program. Recommended Citation Shoo Chiang, Jonathan Lee, "Inner Healing and Deliverance as an Essential Component of the Discipleship Structure of the Local Church" (2017). Doctor of Ministry. 234. http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/dmin/234 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Ministry by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. 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GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY INNER HEALING AND DELIVERANCE AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE DISCIPLESHIP STRUCTURE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF PORTLAND SEMINARY IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MINISTRY BY JOHNATHAN LEE SHOO CHIANG PORTLAND, OREGON OCTOBER 2017 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL DMIN DISSERTATION This is to certify that the DMIN Dissertation of Johnathan Lee Shoo Chiang Has been approved by The Dissertation Committee on October 6, 2017 For the degree of Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation Dissertation Committee: Primary Advisor: Dr. Leah Payne Secondary Advisor: Dr. Mark Chironna Expert Advisor: Dr. Aida Ramos Copyright 2017© Johnathan Lee Shoo Chiang All rights reserved ii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................ vi ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. ix ABSTRACT ...............................................................................................................x CHAPTER 1: THE NEED FOR INNER HEALING AND DELIVERANCE (IHD) AND THE DEFINITION OF IHD ..............................................................................1 HELEN’S STORY ............................................................................................4 JANE’S STORY ...............................................................................................6 MARY’S STORY .............................................................................................7 SOME TAIWANESE PASTORS’ TESTIMONIES ..........................................8 WHAT IS INNER HEALING AND DELIVERANCE (IHD)? ........................ 10 THE DEW EXPLANATION OF IHD ............................................................. 16 CHAPTER 2: FIELD RESEARCH: IHD AND DISCIPLESHIP EFFECTIVENESS ................................................................................................... 21 RESEARCH PROBLEM ................................................................................ 21 PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH ................................................................... 21 FIELD RESEARCH DESIGN ......................................................................... 22 Adopting the Grounded Theory Approach ............................................. 22 Sample Groups ...................................................................................... 27 Research Questions ............................................................................... 30 GROUNDED RESEARCH THEORY............................................................. 35 CONCLUDING COMMENTS........................................................................ 56 CHAPTER 3: LINKING SANCTIFICATION, IHD AND DISCIPLESHIP ............. 58 SANCTIFICATION ........................................................................................ 58 Definition of Sanctification ................................................................... 58 Sanctification Begins with Justification ................................................. 61 Justification Activates Regeneration, Setting Sanctification in Motion .. 63 Sanctification – the work of God as an initial position and a process ..... 65 Paul on our partnership with God .......................................................... 68 Jesus on our partnership with God ......................................................... 71 Peter’s inner healing after the resurrection ............................................. 76 THE INTEGRAL CONNECTION OF DISCIPLESHIP, SANCTIFICATION AND IHD........................................................................................................ 80 iii PRACTICAL THEOLOGY: CHRISTOPRAXIS ............................................ 84 IHD – the “participatio Christi” factor in discipleship/Practical Theology .............................................................................................................. 84 Christopraxis – A theological construct that supports IHD in discipleship .............................................................................................................. 85 CHAPTER 4: WHERE MIGHT GOD BE PLACING THE IHD MINISTRY? ......... 92 EXPLORING THE OLD TESTAMENT ......................................................... 92 THE HEALING AND DELIVERANCE MINISTRY OF CHRIST IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ....................................................................................... 96 THE EARLY CHURCH ............................................................................... 106 THE MIDDLE AGES (AD 500-1500)........................................................... 113 REFORMATION YEARS ONWARDS - PUTTING TO DEATH DIVINE HEALING ..................................................................................................... 119 TWENTIETH CENTURY RE-EMERGENCE OF DIVINE HEALING FROM THE EMBERS .............................................................................................. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF THE IHD MINISTRY ............................................ 137 FROM JESUS TO NOW AND WHERE IS IT GOING? ............................... 148 CHAPTER 5: DISCIPLESHIP THAT INCLUDES IHD FOR POST MODERN ERA ........................................................................................... 152 DISCIPLESHIP WEAKNESS EXPOSED IN THE POST-MODERN ERA .. 153 TACT’S GUIDELINE FOR DISCIPLESHIP STRUCTURE (IHD INCLUSIVE) DESIGN ................................................................................. 161 VARIOUS IHD-MINISTRIES THAT CAN BE ADOPTED ......................... 164 IHD AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF DISCIPLESHIP – NOT A “HOSPITAL UNIT”. ..................................................................................... 168 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION – A IHD MINISTRY THAT IS FULLY INTEGRATED IN A CHURCH DISCIPLESHIP STRUCTURE ........................... 172 DEW – AN IHD MODEL FOR DISCIPLESHIP .......................................... 176 TOWARDS ONE GOAL ONLY................................................................... 178 APPENDIX A: SAMPLE OF CODING EXERCISE .............................................. 179 APPENDIX B: SAMPLE OF MEMO CONSTRUCTED FROM CODING IN APPENDIX A ........................................................................................................ 185 iv APPENDIX C: SAMPLE GROUP CATEGORY A (GROUP 1 & 2) - QUESTIONS ON WRITTEN INTERVIEW TO LEADERS AND PASTORS ............................. 187 APPENDIX D: SAMPLE GROUP CATEGORY B (GROUP 3) – WRITTEN INTERVIEW QUESTIONAIRE ............................................................................ 190 APPENDIX E: SAMPLE - IDENTIFYING BENEFITS FROM TESTIMONY AND FIRST COUNTS OF EACH BENEFIT .................................................................. 192 APPENDIX F: SAMPLE – SECOND COUNT OF BENEFITS ACCORDING TO TYPES ................................................................................................................... 195 APPENDIX G: LONGTITUDINAL TRACKING OF TAIWANESE DEW PARTICIPANTS FROM A TAIWANESE CHURCH ............................................ 197 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 198 v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This dissertation would not have been possible without the help and support of many. Firstly, I would like to thank my Senior Pastor, Rev Dominic Yeo for entrusting me and a group of pastors to develop and launch the DEW Ministry in Trinity Christian Center (TCC) in 2002. His support, guidance and spiritual covering for DEW is what made it possible for me to complete this dissertation in the course of my studies in pursuit of the Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation at Portland Seminary. I am also grateful to Rev Dr. Wilson Teo, the President of TCA College, who introduced me to Portland Seminary and encouraged me to pursue my doctoral studies – thank you for believing in me. Two persons who helped me tremendously in gathering and sorting out the data are Angie Lim and Lee Kum Hing. They have most willingly given of their time. My thanks to all the pastors from the churches in Taiwan who participated in the interviews and all the pastors at TCC. Your participation in the written interviews and group interviews were very valuable towards the construction of grounded theory of this dissertation. My translators, Fook Neng and Sarah, helped me with the Mandarin written interviews and the recordings of the group interviews from Taiwan. A very special thanks to Dr. Vincent Chua, who guided
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