Tuesday, July 17, 2007

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

MIAMI, FL (ANS) -- A top Korean doctor has revealed why he believes in spiritual healing and is now dedicating his life to investigating miracles that cannot be explained medically.

Dr. Joonha Hwang pictured in Miami

He is Dr. Joonha Hwang, President of the World Christian Doctors Network (WCDN), who was attending the 4th International WCDN Medical Conference with the theme "Spirituality and Medicine" that was held in Miami, Florida, on July 13-14 and attended by some 120 doctors from 50 countries.

Dr. Hwang said in an interview that he graduated from medical school in South Korea and has a medical license and he also got PhD in Neurophysiology.

"After graduation from medical school," he said, "I was a researcher for Neurophysiology [which is the study of functioning of the nervous system. It is closely connected with neurobiology, psychology, neurology, clinical neurophysiology, electrophysiology, ethology, neuroanatomy, cognitive science and other brain sciences.]"

Dr. Hwang explained why he believes that God can heal supernaturally and not just through medicine.

"I have seen many instances of miraculous healing, especially by the prayer of Reverend Doctor Jaerock Lee, my senior pastor in Korea," he said. "Healing is written about in the Bible, so I'm very happy about that."

Dr. Hwang said that when healings take place, he and other doctors check out the healing "with medical data from hospitals before and after the person has received the prayer of faith."

The doctor said that they conduct exhaustive investigations into claimed healings examine patients who wish to be prayed for and diagnose them for an illness.

"We ask questions of the doctor who cared for the patient and get medical data and check again after the healing to confirm the patient was really healed," he explained. "We compare the medical data before and after the prayer so we can confirm the healing really happened through the prayer of faith."

I then asked him how he would convince medical doctors who are not Christian that God can heal.

"Medical doctors are also scientists, so I think they can not deny the evidence," said Dr. Hwang. "Science is based on evidence so if they are true scientists they should accept the evidence that is laid before them.

"And if the doctor is a Christian, they should believe in the Bible for there we can read of many instances of healing. So it is not difficult to believe that Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever."

He concluded by saying, "Miracles which happened in the Bible age, are still taking place today."

The doctors worshipping the Lord to the music of the Manmin Performance Team

At the Miami conference, many medical doctors took turns in presenting personal case studies with evidence of what they believed to be miracle healings that were flashed onto a screen. Besides the various lectures, and case studies, entered in to the worship as various bands and performers made their God-honoring music. They included Pastor Joseph Toress and the House of Worship Band and the Manmin Performance Team from Seoul which included a marvelous contemporary electric violin set with the Koreans playing as Argentine singer, Gustavo Lima, now a Christian, sang.

For more information on the World Christian Doctors Network, go to www.wcdn.org.