Deliverance Ministry - spiritual and pastoral needs
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Deliverance Ministry
The ministry of deliverance offers the help of the Church for those seeking spiritual freedom and peace at a time when they are suffering particular disturbance or fear from evil or unknown spiritual influences. The ministry is both prayerful and practical, seeking to follow Jesus’ example of love and compassion within a confidential environment. Deliverance ministry is provided through a small team of ordained and lay ministers working usually with local parish pastoral support. For information or specific assistance, please contact the Bishop’s Adviser for Deliverance Ministry Rev John Whittle tel. 07971 080682 or the Bishop of Salisbury’s Office tel. 01722 334031. Pastoral situations where the ministry of deliverance has typically been found helpful include the following: - there has been past or ongoing involvement in psychic or occult practices and the person involved subsequently experiences spiritual or psychological disturbance or feelings of oppression - a family home becomes affected by the demonic often owing to past practices in the place or other trauma, so that spiritual cleansing is needed - far more unusually, a person becomes in need of release through formal exorcism of non-human malevolent spirits The exercise of the ministry of deliverance within the Diocese of Salisbury is regulated by the House of Bishops’ Guidelines which recommend, as appropriate, the involvement of medical or other multi-disciplinary support so as to afford due care for the benefit of those receiving ministry. |
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