The Church Health Center
Reclaiming the church’s biblical commitment to care for our bodies and spirits
www.churchhealthcenter.org
In 1978, Dr. Scott Morris was in the chaplain’s office of the Yale Medical School and saw a pamphlet on his desk titled, “How to Start a Church-based Health Clinic,” written by Granger Westberg. It was then, he says, he knew what he wanted to do with this life. The next summer, he spent several weeks with Granger and, with Granger’s inspiration, founded the Church Health Center in Memphis, Tennessee in 1987.
Now, Dr. Morris is a family practice physician and ordained United Methodist minister, and the Church Health Center Clinic has grown to become the largest faith-based clinic of its type in the country. Church Health Center Wellness, our 80,000 square foot facility in Memphis, offers everything from personalized exercise plans and cooking classes to group exercise classes and activities for children and teens and records more than 115,000 visits annually. And since 1988, more than 800 Congregational Health Promoters have been trained to be health leaders within their congregations. Church Health Center’s Faith Community Outreach also develops faith-health curriculum for congregations and publishes
Church Health Reader.
The Church Health Center is proud to serve as the new home for the International Parish Nurse Resource Center. For more information about the CHC, please visit
www.churchhealthcenter.org and
www.chreader.org.