{"id":67,"date":"2020-04-07T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T23:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagingmedical.wpengine.com\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2024-03-26T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T16:16:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.reliantcreative.org\/medical-ambasadors\/old-site\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k8ql7r9r-c5bbf918dbb1bc4b44bae923bdef677c\">\n.avia-section.av-k8ql7r9r-c5bbf918dbb1bc4b44bae923bdef677c{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/dev.reliantcreative.org\/medical-ambasadors\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/about-us-1.jpeg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-k8ql7r9r-c5bbf918dbb1bc4b44bae923bdef677c .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.2;\nbackground-color:#020202;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='page-header'  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class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In 1975, as South Vietnam was falling, a man named Dr. Raymond Benson was on the last airlift from the roof of the American Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Benson\u2019s vision was for Christian medical professionals to establish clinics around the world. His hope was to heal people physically and spiritually introduce them to Jesus Christ. Out of that desire, Medical Ambassadors was created.<\/p>\n<p>While Dr. Benson was correct in his assessment of the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world, he did not anticipate that the\u202fsame\u202fpeople would keep coming back to the clinic with the\u202fsame\u202fpreventable illnesses, often leaving no time to address spiritual needs. It became clear that this clinic-based model was not sustainable. In fact, MAI was creating a culture of dependency within the communities we were trying to help.<\/p>\n<p>Considering this, Dr. Paul Calhoun, current president of Medical Ambassadors, transitioned to a new model. Instead of going into a community and giving free care, MAI entered bringing only questions. Instead of giving the communities what we thought they needed, local leaders were asked, \u201cWhat do you need to be happy and healthy?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Their answers guided our focus and lesson plans were developed on various topics. In time, the available lessons included far more than only health topics. 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Instructors teach learners who become instructors who teach learners who become other instructors who teach other learners\u2014well, you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, there were still physical needs requiring professional medical attention\u2014clinics and hospitals continue to be essential. However, 70-80 percent of people in these clinic lines could now be helped at the community level.<\/p>\n<p>This development model under the leadership of Stan Rowland, became known as Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Evangelism\u2026because seamlessly woven into the lessons of health are basic biblical truths: you can be clean on the inside as well as the outside; you have great value because you are wonderfully and beautifully made by God.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we are proud to be a work in progress. We are committed to learning from the communities we work with and listening to God. 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