ICMDA Recordings

Recorded on 1 March 2026
In this interview, Pablo Martinez is interviewed by Peter Saunders, CEO of ICMDA, about his recent book Take Care of Yourself: Survive and Thrive in Christian Ministry and how Christian leaders can flourish in their work.
To love God and serve others well, we often need to be still, rest and be renewed. Listeners will learn what it means to care for their own ‘vineyard’—the talents, gifts and emotional resources of their personality—so they can be effective ministry leaders.
This webinar is run in partnership with the ⁠⁠⁠Forum of Christian Leaders⁠⁠⁠ (FOCL).
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Recorded on 12 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill
God’s word is a meta-narrative, and threaded throughout the ancient text is a healing meta-narrative. The bible reveals a unique way to engage in purposeful, health-promoting, missional living wherever we are called to serve.
This second of a three-part series will present a comprehensive overview of the biblical healing meta-narrative in the Greek New Testament.
Jesus’ healing ministry, the Gospel writers, the Apostles, and the early church can enhance our understanding of the vital role of healthcare and global health engagement for the healing of all nations.
Daniel O’Neill, MD, MTh is a physician-theologian and managing editor of Christian Journal for Global Health, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and holds a master’s degree in biblical & theological studies from Bethel Seminary. He serves as pastor of missions in his local church. He is a co-founder and Interim Director of Health for All Nations Institute at William Carey International University and author and co-editor of the book All Creation Groans: Toward a Theology of Disease and Global Health.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 5 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Howard Lyons and Dr Mark Pickering chair a webinar with Dr Jim Ritchie
Moral injury is inevitable when serving in medicine, especially cross-cultural medicine. Medics often feel powerful emotional burden from moral injury, a leading cause of early departure from practice. But we have learned proven methods of preventing and dealing with moral injury. These methods can be especially powerful when abiding in God’s promises.
Jim will guide us through these methods, using lessons learned from research and his own experience as a medical missionary in Kenya and a combat emergency physician in Afghanistan. When serving in medicine, you will experience moral injury.  Use God’s powerful methods to protect yourself and your team, and to grow in wisdom and spirit!
Jim Ritchie has been a physician for 37 years, and served in the Navy as an Emergency Physician for 25 years, including seven years as EM Residency Director, and two combat support tours in Afghanistan. He was a medical missionary in Chogoria, Kenya from 2014-2020, and helped start the Family Medicine program there.
He helped build the Longevity Project at MedSend, and now serves in member care for the Post-Residency Program with Samaritan’s Purse/World Medical Mission, and leads the MedTeam at Alongside Counseling, serving healthcare missionaries. He is devoted to helping medics thrive in their profoundly spiritually challenging and meaningful ministries.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 26 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Coulter
Everything is ethical. Thoughtful decisions inevitably involve questions about right and wrong, good and bad. In the complexities of modern healthcare, ethics is increasingly important as decisions have become increasingly complex while foundations for ethics are often eroded.
Christian healthcare professionals need to develop a clear biblical approach to ethics. This webinar will use the organic, biblical image of a tree to outline an approach to ethics that is rooted in the character of God, fulfils duties and rules, and also cares about consequences. It aims to help you approach real-life decisions for God’s glory and the good of others.
Paul lives in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, with his wife and two teenaged children. As Executive Director of Christianity in Society, he encourages Christ-centred thinking and living through consultancy and training in evangelism, leadership and pastoral care. He also teaches in four theological colleges and for churches and conferences across Ireland and beyond. Author of eight books, he blogs and podcasts regularly. His ministry draws on experience working as a medical doctor, lay magistrate and lecturer in theology, as well as in youth work, cross-cultural pastoral ministry, and charity management. For recreation he enjoys walking hills, writing poetry, and reading history.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 19 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor Stammers
Autonomy has arguably become the ruling ethical principle in contemporary bioethics and clinical decision-making, certainly in Western medicine. In an age of ‘patient-centred care’, everyone is aware of the importance of patient autonomy.
But what does autonomy mean conceptually and practically in the complexities of health care systems? What are the different concepts of the meaning of autonomy? Is autonomy a worthy ‘First among equals’ or an over-reaching tyrant? Is there a biblical theology of autonomy and if so, how does it help us to evaluate the current primacy of autonomy in policy decision-making on patient care and services?
Trevor Stammers was Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at St Mary's University, Twickenham until retirement in 2021. He is the author of The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition: Moral arguments about transplantation, published by Bloomsbury in 2023.
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