Societies or meetings of Christian health carers have existed in some countries for over one hundred years. Personal contacts led to the first International Congress of Christian Physicians (ICCP) in 1963. The International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA) developed from these beginnings, seeking to develop and strengthen bonds between Christian physicians, dentists and clinical students worldwide. It is composed of autonomous national Christian medical and dental associations and it assists these national movements in achieving their aims.

The Association provides a regular means of exchange of views, information and experiences in the medical and dental sciences, particularly where these concern Christian faith and ethics. It seeks to maintain the spiritual life of Christians practising in the medical and dental professions; encouraging
them to share their faith within these professions and to apply Christian principles in their professional practice and ethic. It also supports the work of Christian medical and dental missions.

Contributions to this Doctor’s Life Support 2 have come from a great many countries, illustrating the unity of Christian belief within the diversity that is the world.