How does Christian labor support differ in emphasis from a more secular option?
Christian labor support brings some additional benefits to labor support these include: • a woman-to-woman mentoring approach • encouragement of the dad as priest and head of his home and to facilitate his active participation • encouragment to include family prayer and worship in the pregnancy experience • accurate information from both the medical model and from biblical wisdom • banishment of fear from the birth process by study of pregnancy and childbirth in the Bible • providing a model and information regarding various Christian parenting models • inclusion of faith, prayer, scripture, biblical meditation, and Christian music as comfort measures • celebration of the spiritual aspects of birth • an appreciation and use of the biblical principle of laying on of hands • an acceptance of the servant nature of this job • a Christian witness and emphasis to those in need • additional resources from faith-based sources to meet the needs of clients • an encouragement of the discipling pr
