The Lifestyle is Medicine Institute inspires and equips Seventh-day Adventists to be effective health missionaries with a special focus on lifestyle medicine.
The Institute is the training arm of Lifestyle is Medicine, a not-for-profit organization of Seventh-day Adventist doctors and health professionals that shares the principles of lifestyle medicine through community health programs in the Greater Toronto Area.
THE MISSION
The Institute’s mission is to reach the world in this generation by equipping every Seventh-day Adventist to be effective health missionaries.
The Institute is inspired by God’s call for every Seventh-day Adventist to grab a hold of health evangelism:
“We have come to a time when every member of the church should take hold of medical missionary work” - Ellen G White, 7T 62.1
The Institute seeks to fulfill this call through innovative and practical training, education and multi-media content.
WHAT WE DO
Practical health evangelism training in lifestyle medicine and natural therapies
Practical, Bible-based and scientifically-rigorous training programs to train Adventists to in lifestyle medicine and natural therapies.
Health evangelism mission experience
Gain practical health evangelism experience with a kind and passionate team of Adventist doctors, health professionals and young people.
Events on health evangelism and lifestyle medicine
We hold events to inspire Adventists to engage in health evangelism.
THE VISION
The vision of the Institute is to see a Seventh-day Adventist church where every member practices and actively shares the Adventist health message.
OUR ASPIRATION
The Institute aspires to be a leader in advancing the knowledge and practice of the Adventist health message and effective lifestyle medicine-based health evangelism.