AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL OF DELIVERANCE MINISTRY FROM SPIRITUAL ADDICTION: THEOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND PASTORAL DIMENSIONS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37406/3041-1378/2025-5-11Keywords:
spiritual addiction, deliverance ministry, practical theology, pastoral counseling, psychological trauma, spiritual warfare, identity in Christ, discipleship, integrative approachAbstract
This article proposes an integrative model of deliverance ministry from spiritual addiction that unites theological, psychological, and pastoral dimensions. It analyzes the biblical foundations of spiritual warfare, the nature of spiritual addiction as the destruction of trust in God, and the role of wounded identity and distorted beliefs in its formation. The study demonstrates the complementary relationship between biblical principles and basic psychotherapeutic approaches in the process of pastoral care.Particular attention is given to the roles of faith, prayer, the renewal of the mind, responsible discipleship, and the church community as key factors in restoring personal wholeness. The necessity of developing standardized training for ministers engaged in deliverance practice and integrating this ministry into the ecclesiological and ethical framework of the contemporary church is substantiated.
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