ITEMS OF INTEREST January 11, 2010 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Dan Wooding, Dale Salwak

At the same time that Ukrainian candidates are battling each other for votes in the upcoming presidential election, Christian doctors gathering in Kiev, the country's capital, for a "Spirituality and Medicine" conference have already cast their vote—for "miracles."

Some 400 doctors and medical professionals were in Kiev from 30 different countries for the sixth International Christian Medical Conference held on October 30–31, 2009, to explore whether miracles still happen today and, if they do, to provide medical data to prove them.

Organized by the World Christian Doctors Network, this "Spirituality and Medicine" conference attracted doctors and medical professionals from countries as diverse as Nigeria, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo, to all over the former Soviet Union and even the tiny Faroe Islands, who all believe in praying for their sick patients—with their permission of course.

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