Abstract:
Africa is a continent plagued with many sicknesses and diseases. Self-evidently health and
healing would be major concerns and interests of the inhabitants.
Reformed mission has formed a strategic alliance with scientifically tested medicine in the
past. Africans do not find this alliance sufficient. They, however, need a medical mission
that could deal with ‘African sicknesses’. The question is whether we need an alliance with
traditional medical practitioners. Because traditional healing is linked to traditional religion,
we are confronted with difficult missiological questions.
The solution offered in this article concentrates on two dimensions, (1) an openness to and a
respect for African culture and religion and (2) a radical rediscovery of Jesus as healer.
