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Your Faith and Healthcare Connected

It is an unchanging foundation, the connection of your faith infused into healthcare in all of its facets. Be educated, encouraged, and equipped as a Christian healthcare professional to glorify God by following Christ, serving with excellence and compassion, caring for all people, and advancing Biblical principles impacting healthcare within the Church and throughout the world. This is what we do. Together.

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Who is CMDA? We are medical doctors, dentists, physician assistants, nurses, hospital executives, general practitioners, healthcare administrators, dermatologists, psychiatrists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, nurse practitioners, surgeons, anesthesiologists, internists, midwives, family practitioners, emergency physicians, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, podiatrists, neurologists, nephrologists, oncologists, pulmonologists, rheumatologists, orthopedists, otolaryngologists, radiologists, and others representing all specialties in Christian professional healthcare.

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CAN YOU SHARE YOUR FAITH IN HEALTHCARE?

A three-tiered curriculum designed to equip Christians in healthcare.

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Through this forum, we hope to educate, encourage, and equip healthcare professionals and the Church to practice and advocate for good medicine – that which is God-honoring and committed to the flourishing of the patient as an image bearer.

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CMDA 2027 Beaver Creek Winter Conference

January 31-February 7, 2027
Enjoy the beauty of the Rocky Mountains with epic skiing, sweet fellowship and stimulating discussions.

Healthcare Marriages in Christ: Grand Rapids, MI

February 26-27, 2027
The Joy Prescription is a marriage renewal weekend designed specifically for healthcare couples seeking encouragement, practical support, and renewed connection in Christ.

New Zealand Tour – A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience!

March 23 – April 3, 2027
Picture yourself among New Zealand’s stunning landscapes—soaring mountains, pristine fjords, lush green hills, and fascinating native wildlife. We invite you to explore the wonders of the “Land of the Long White Cloud” on a journey you’ll never forget. An optional pre-tour to Sydney, Australia is also available!

Turkey Tour – Seven Churches of Revelation

May 22-30, 2027
Turkey combines Old and New Testaments in a unique way. Our hope is that you will join us as we visit these sites and trace the history of the earliest church. Also, there is an optional extension to Cappadocia from May 30-June 2!

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Your spiritual health matters.

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88% of advanced cancer patients reported that religion and spirituality are personally important in their illness.

Yet 47% said their spiritual needs were minimally or not at all supported by a religious community — and 72% said they were minimally or not at all supported by the medical system.

A patient lying in a hospital bed silently wondering whether God has abandoned them is measurably more likely to die.

Because rarely is anyone in the building trained to notice the spiritual need of the patients, a spiritual emergency is being treated as an unmeasured variable.

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Depression was strongly correlated with desire for hastened death among patients low in spiritual well-being.

Those same religiously-supported patients, when the medical team also provided spiritual support, the odds of hospice enrollment more than doubled, aggressive interventions dropped roughly 77%, and ICU deaths dropped 81%.

Advanced cancer patients with high positive religious coping were nearly three times more likely to receive intensive life-prolonging care in the last week of life

Those who coped having spiritual care also did less advance care planning — fewer DNR orders, living wills, and healthcare proxies — than patients who did not.