A Physical Examination of the 21st Century Church: A Medical Analogy

This is a creative book that relates and compares sickness in the Church to sickness in the body. In order to do so, this book creates a parallel between sin, disease, and prevention where the church represents the physical body that has become ill and needs healing. In order to ascertain healing, an extensive physical examination is conducted on the Church detailing subjective findings, objective findings, as well as an assessment and a plan for healing. Rev. Dr. Charles M. Holsey, Jr. is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He is the Pastor of the Historic Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Pulaski, Tennessee. He received a Master of Divinity from Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio. Prior to responding to God's calling on his life, Rev. Dr. Holsey obtained a M.D. from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee and a Ph.D. and M.S. in Immunology & Microbiology and Cell & Molecular Biology, respectively from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Rev. Dr. Holsey is a native of Fort Valley, Georgia and obtained a B.S. Degree in Zoology from Fort Valley State University. He resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his wife and three children. He enjoys reading and writing spiritual literature.