OUR BIBLICAL ROOTS
The International Order of St. Luke, the Physician (OSL) accepts the Scriptures as our guide for our healing practice (see our Training Courses.) We believe that the healing ministry is a continuation of Jesus’ earthly healing ministry through the power of the Holy Spirit, and that in participating in that ongoing ministry we are also participating in the spread of God’s new creation life, through His reign invading earth and freeing His children from the power of the kingdom of darkness. All we do is founded in the love of God poured out in Jesus through the Holy Spirit. We seek to demonstrate this love of God every time we pray or engage in our ministry. As Christians who are members of OSL, we acknowledge that all healing comes from the Father, through the Son, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and we affirm the medical and behavioral health ministries as they are also God’s instruments through which His healing power is manifest.
THE CREED
The International Order of St. Luke, the Physician (OSL) is rooted in the universal orthodox Christian beliefs expressed in the Nicene Creed and shared by all followers since 325 AD.