---
title: 'The Diet for a Sick Church'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Isaac Vance'
date: 1915-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 1'
- 'Acts 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/vance-1915-the-diet-for-a-sick-church
---

# The Diet for a Sick Church

Call to united prayer for war-torn and mission fields. Essay diagnoses 'sick' churches—self-centered, powerless, needing the Holy Spirit, mission focus, and pastoral renewal.

[Download](https://media.confessional.org/archives/vance-1915-the-diet-for-a-sick-church.pdf)