In order for each local congregation to evangelise its neighbourhood and lead people to Christ, it must be healthy emotionally and spiritually. This is the transformational premise of this standalone workbook. It seeks to assist lay persons, congregational leaders and church officials in applying the biblical principles, as captured in Victor Marshall's innovative Set the Captive Free Resource Guide, to their lives and ministries. Set the Captives Free: 12 Studies for Groups or Individuals, with its twelve studies, is based on a model of discipleship that includes positive emotional health....

Set the Captives Free: Experiencing Healing Through Holistic Restoration is a ministry whose foundation is intercessory prayer. Based on his twenty-five years of lay and pastoral ministry, Victor D. Marshall has discovered that congregations which are difficult to lead, tend to be unhealthy. Furthermore, such congregations become weak because of at least four reasons, thus leading to inactivity in ministry. Marshall believes firmly that it is essential for leaders to provide a conducive worship environment out of which their congregants can be led to find meaningful experiences with Christ....

Each individual has been hurt emotionally, physically, psychologically, or spiritually at some point in his or her life. Although some people have been able to address their painful issue and move on, far too many persons resolve that they "will never forgive" the person who has injured them. Victor D. Marshall holds the view that people who are unable to forgive and let go of past hurts have not experienced healing. In fact, the major principle of On the Road to Forgiveness: Experiencing Healing on the Way is that "for a person to forgive, he needs to experience some degree of healing; and...