{"id":3303,"date":"2010-06-30T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:50:25","slug":"holistic-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/holistic-approach.htm","title":{"rendered":"A Holistic Approach in Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"class2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/477311260512121878\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25259 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/love-Lord-with-all.jpg\" alt=\"Express Worship in a Love Letter to God\" width=\"306\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/love-Lord-with-all.jpg 306w, https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/love-Lord-with-all-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>Jesus responded to a question about what the greatest commandment is with, &#8220;Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength&#8221; (Mk. 12:30).\u00a0 He created us with a body, mind, soul, and heart. We are &#8220;fearfully and wonderfully made,&#8221; knitted and woven together when we were made by Him (Ps. 139:13-14).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Some Implications for Ministry when Taking a Holistic Approach<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>God wants to use our whole being when we serve. Combining all these parts becomes a guide to how to best serve based on His design of our lives &#8212; what we can call our ministry profile.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li><a title=\"Parts of you Ministry Profile\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/all-of-who-you-are-best-fit.htm\">How the Parts Affect your Ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tools For Developing a Ministry Profile\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/profiles.htm\">Tools for Developing a Ministry Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>God wants us to care about the whole person in those we serve.\u00a0 Remember the second greatest commandment, to love others as we love ourselves <span class=\"class2\">(Mk. 12:31).<\/span>\u00a0 Just as we attend to the whole of who we are, so we should care for the whole person of those whom we serve.\u00a0 As a church we can get caught up in ministering to the spirit, neglecting other areas of people&#8217;s lives..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li>What about the <a title=\"Health &amp; Wellness\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/health-ministry.htm\">body&#8217;s health and wellness<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>What about our <a title=\"Mental Health\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/mental-illness.htm\">mental and emotional health<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a question about what the greatest commandment is, Jesus said to &#8220;Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength&#8221; (Mk. 12:30).  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