Welcome

ACCELERATING HEALTH EQUITY

The Healthy Churches 2030 Annual Conference is made possible through the generous support of sponsors and contributing partners. The Balm In Gilead recognizes the importance of working with corporate sponsors and partners who understand the enormous tasks of addressing health disparities and racial inequities facing our communities.

This conference serves as a platform to engage and empower Black people to improve our health and to become engaged in achieving health equity for all. Conference speakers include world-renown physicians, scientists, researchers and more in the healthcare arena. In addition to health professionals, the Healthy Churches 2030 Conference features faith-based leaders, pastors, health and wellness coaches, fitness experts, musical entertainment and more!

PARTNERSHIPS AND MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON

The Balm In Gilead

CONNECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND FAITH!

Our partnerships with public health institutions, religious organizations, community-based groups, and corporations over three decades remain a major component of The Balm In Gilead’s roadmap of strengthening faith-based institutions to execute evidence-based health activities that mirror sustained, effective public health efforts.

For Christians, understanding the natural working of blood fills us with wonder and insights. With incredible precision, the cells in our circulatory system provide nourishment, protection, and healing to every cell throughout our bodies. These provisions are part of the common grace all of us enjoy. But blood has even greater significance for believer.”

Bishop Horace E. Smith, MD

Conference Chair

Senior Pastor, Apostolic Faith Church Chicago, IL Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL