Abstract
COVID-19 is undoubtedly among the main crises encountered by the healthcare system within the last century. Many people were in need and in search for any kind of support possible. In this period, spirituality had a critical role in keeping people optimistic about the future and to give them help overtaking this period. The church has shown a great involvement and had a great contribution in keeping an optimistic communication with the people who needed more than ever the presence of the spirituality and religion in their lives. Thus, the spiritual care and communication in this difficult time were a big help received by the people in order to overcome the pandemic and to be back to their normal and positive lives. The church had to face an unprecedented experience and had to adapt quickly in order to maintain its vital presence near the people in need.
TopThe Church’S Response In History To The Different Pandemics
Though the global challenge of the current pandemic is unprecedented in the modern world, it is helpful to remember that plagues and disease are not. Since its inception, the church has dealt with many such experiences, and these examples can and should inform the ways in which we formulate our own response.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Video Call: A call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk.
Virtual: Something created by computer technology and appearing to exist but not existing in the physical world.
Pandemic: Disease existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants.
Streaming: The activity of listening to or watching sound or video directly from the internet.
Commemoration: Something that is done to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event.
Healthcare: The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.
Chaplain: A Christian official who is responsible for the religious needs of an organization.
Spiritual Care: That aspect of health care that attends to spiritual and religious needs brought on by an illness or injury.