Welcome to the Spiritual Touch Ministry. This nation’s many nursing home facilities provide extended care for the physical needs of their residents. As a volunteer chaplain, I can provide spiritual care not only for those who reside in care centers but also for the families in need of support and comfort.
The goal of Spiritual Touch Ministry is to glorify God by taking His Word and His love to assisted living, nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities, and other residential facilities.
The Goal of Spiritual Touch Ministry
The goal of my Nursing Home Ministry is to reach out to the residents in adult care facilities with the love of our Lord, the Word of God & the offer of salvation through Jesus Christ, our Lord. We take the words of Matthew 25:40 as guiding words from the Lord, In as much as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
It is my goal to share the Gospel with those needing Salvation and to uplift and encourage those who have a relationship with the Lord. Residents in senior care facilities face new challenges which can be difficult for many of them. I want to be there with God's love.
One in five adults over the age of 65 will spend some part of their remaining years in a senior care facility. I don't want to see them forgotten.
Scripture tells us again and again to be defenders, protectors, and providers for the widows and the aged. Our Lord Jesus wants us to honor and care for those who are frail, vulnerable and neglected. It is not His will that any of them should perish. Yet, there are currently over 1.3 million frail seniors hidden behind the walls of America’s nursing homes, many of whom have yet to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.
The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that 60% of these residents never even receive a visitor. Our observation is that over 75% receive less than one visit per month. This means that nearly one million seniors who are on the last leg of their earthly journey are without a friend to help them prepare for eternity – without a friend to help them find hope and peace in Jesus.
We must also realize that there is an average residency turnover of 2-1/2 years. This means that during the past ten years, over 5 million of our neighbors have passed away without a Christian friend to bring Jesus to them as they face the final and most challenging stage of their lives.
Nursing home residents are, perhaps, the most overlooked, unreached local people group of the American Church. They are lonely and fearful of their future and need the Church to show them that God loves them and calls them to Himself through the Good News of Jesus.
The isolation and loneliness in nursing homes can be like a harsh desert for so many of our elderly neighbors who have outlived their closest loved ones. We can’t always take our neighbors out of the desert, but we can give them a drink of life-giving water. A visiting friend is a great comfort to the lonely resident. Yet, it is the Christian friend who shares the life-giving word as it relates to the resident’s needs that satisfies their greater thirst. When our 20 to 60 minute visit is over, the resident has something – – – rather, Someone, who stays with them. If the resident truly takes Jesus’ hand in sincere prayer, He will never let them go.
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