The Saline Process™ Witness Training is a 10-hour interactive, biblically based program. It is focused on equipping and mobilizing Christian healthcare workers as witnesses of the love and reality of Jesus, teaching them to live as His witnesses in their clinical settings
The Saline Process™ Difference
The Saline Process™ Witness Training accomplishes the following:
Transforms believers into intentional witnesses—to be a witness rather than to witness.
Recognizes that the transformation of a skeptic to a believer is a journey.
Celebrates people taking even the smallest step toward Jesus.
Focuses on guiding principles and tools, not a specific method.
Works in synergy with other tools and church or ministry programs.
Becomes an overflow of God’s work through us, not personally overwhelming.
Shifts the paradigm of sharing Jesus to being process-oriented, teaching witnesses to be faithful in the short or long moments with people and leaving the results to God.
Recognizes that cultivating and sowing is hard work that is essential to harvest.
Cultivates a vision and an identity as a witness for Jesus which, in turn, inspires living as a witness.
Christian Healthcare Workers Learn to:
Cover their patients and colleagues with personal and team prayer.
Take spiritual histories along with medical histories.
Discern an individual’s barriers to faith in Jesus.
Pray with patients and their families.
Plant Faith Flags that can lead to conversation about Jesus.
Tell personal Faith Stories that connect with the patient’s circumstances.
Give Truth Prescriptions: words of Scripture to comfort and speak truth.
Encourage people to consider a decision to follow Jesus.
Give patients the opportunity to trust in Jesus.
Build a Spiritual Referral Team and refer patients to the team and local churches.
ALL WITH PERMISSION, SENSITIVITY AND RESPECT.
Why the name “Saline” ?
Healthcare workers often give their patients intravenous saline at 0.9%. If the level of salt is more than 0.9%, it might harm the patient. If the level of salt is less than 0.9%, it may not be beneficial. The solution should not be too salty or not salty enough, but just right...
So it is with sharing Jesus…
Testimonials From Equipped Witnesses
“Upon discharging mothers from the wards after deliveries, they bring their babies to me to bless them.
[Since I have been trained as a Saline Process witness] I take the babies in my arms and then ask permission from the mothers to pray for their babies in JESUS’ name. None of them have objected. I am thankful to the Lord for giving me such opportunities every day.”
— Equipped Saline Process™ Witness, South Africa“I realized that all along, I had abused the privilege to witness to my patients by not seeking permission.
The Saline Process™ has taught me that seeking permission ensures that they accept Christ from the heart.”
—Equipped Saline Process™ Witness, Ghana“I practice it EVERYDAY, and it’s been an amazing tool to add to what I was already implementing. God is REAL and He is FAITHFUL!”
— Equipped Saline Process™ WitnessTestimonials From Equipped Witnesses
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Saline Process™ began as the first formal witness training program after IHS Global® was founded in 1996. It grew out of the International Saline Solution program as a partnership with Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA).
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Saline Process™ Witness Trainings are conducted through various partner organizations, led by volunteer witness trainers equipped by IHS Global®. If you would like to take the Saline Process™ Witness Training but aren’t connected with a partnering organization, an online training is available.
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Yes! While we would recommend taking The Saline Process™ as a live, in-person training, a self-guided online version is also available. More information can be found in the section below.
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Yes! The Saline Process™ is offered in over 133 countries all over the world.
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The Saline Process™ is available in 40 active language translations, with more in progress!
Experiencing the Saline Process™ Witness Training
The Saline Process™ Witness Training is available in the following formats:
In-person training
Real-time virtual training
Hybrid: a combination of in-person and real-time virtual training
Self-paced Saline Process Online Training
Saline Process Online Training
The Saline Process Online Training (SPOT): Delivers the same content as the Saline Process Witness Training in a 100% online, self-guided format.
The Saline Process Online Training is best experienced as:
A preliminary step before a virtual or live training,
A refresher for witnesses,
A resource for witness trainers.
You can take this online training by visiting ihsglobal.org/SPOT on any device.
The Saline Online Community
The Saline Online Community connects witnesses, trainers, and leaders from around the globe.
With 91 language translation options, global witnesses are able to:
Share stories
Pray for one another
Access training resources
Share data & evaluations
Maintain worldwide calendars and logistics
Receive 18 months of follow-up
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