The hope factor : engaging the church in the HIV/AIDS crisis - Yamamori, Tetsunao, 1937-; Dageforde, David; Bruner, Tina.; Colson, Charles W.; Frist, William H.; Piper, John.; Stearns, Richard (Waynesboro, Ga. : Authentic Media ; Federal Way, Wa. : World Vision, 2003)
Pt.1. Understanding the HIV/AIDS crisis: 1. The current status of the HIV/AIDS crisis / Roger Drew -- 2. Intensifying the fight against the diseases of poverty: the new millennium's challenge for medical missions / Milton B. Amayun -- 3. "I have AIDS": a testimony of a Pastor's daughter / Gracia Violeta Ross -- 4. The emerging AIDS catastrophe in Nigeria / Igho Ofotokun -- Growing gloom, growing grace: pervasive consequences of the crisis / Deborah Dortzbach -- Pt.2. Crisis Interventions: 6. How faith-based organizations have contributed to AIDS prevention / Edward C. Green -- 7. AIDS awareness and the challenge in Uganda / Mary Tyler -- 8. Home care for AIDS patients in Zimbabwe / Kathy A. McCarty -- 9. How churches in Ethopia are responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis / Florence Muindi and Leigh Anne Dageforde -- 10. God's gentle revolutionary in rural Thailand / Paul Kennel -- 11. Fighting HIV/AIDS in India / Vinod Shah and Matthew Santosh Thomas -- 12. A letter to the U.K. church / Peter Meadows -- 13. From missionary doctor to policy-maker: how one christian confronts AIDS / E. Anne Peterson -- 14. Preventing HIV/AIDS via Biblically based concepts of sexuality, love, and marriage / Dick Day -- 15. Can Christian aid organizations ignore the crisis? / Ken Isaacs -- 16. Providing AIDS treatment and care / Dorothy Brewster-Lee -- 17. Needs, niches, and new leadership styles: emerging challenges and opportunities for christians in the HIV/AIDS epidemic / Andrew Tomkins -- 18. Public awareness for preventing HIV/AIDS / Randall L. Hoag -- Pt.3. Biblical reflections: 19. Guilt, grace, and the global AIDS crisis / John Piper -- 20. Widows and orphans: the hidden faces of AIDS / Richard Stearns -- 21. HIV/AIDS: a church-sized problem / Tom Correll -- 22. HIV: a worldview problem / Dan Fountain -- 23. Biblical reflections on HIV/AIDS / Ken Casey -- 24. The church's strategic role / Tokunboh Adeyemo -- Conclusion -- Appendixes.
"With contributions by Charles Colson, William Frist, John Piper, and Richard Stearns" -- on front cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-312).
Keywords: Church work with the sick; HIV infections; AIDS (Disease) -- Patients; HIV-positive persons -- Services for; AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity