GoodNEWS is a lifestyle enhancement program designed to promote healthful lifestyle practices among individuals, congregations and communities. However, the program recognizes that promoting and sustaining truly healthful living practices requires much more than a lifestyle enhancement program alone. Actually improving health in communities requires deep and profound cultural changes that promote and sustain lifestyles that enhance and respect life, rather than those which destroy and diminish life.
Thus, it is essential that the activities and efforts of individuals and organizations, be woven together to create a community fabric that is organic and comprehensive, that is multilevel, and that supports the health and life of the entire community. Health must never be considered something extra that is outside of routine living or an end to be achieved through health promotion programs alone. Rather, health must be considered a means to the end of living life. A healthy and productive life is only possible when individuals can see meaning and purpose in their existence, and can only be achieved through understanding and adopting a health promoting lifestyle. Therefore,
GoodNEWS is a collaborative program designed to support motivated individuals and congregations, in their desire to improve the health and life of their community.
“To provide education, motivation and opportunity for living life more fully, truthfully, and meaningfully, through adopting healthful lifestyle practices in the spiritual, mental, intellectual, physical, social, and environmental domains of life.”
“To improve individuals’ quality of life and reduce the likelihood of poor health outcomes, by implementing a comprehensive lifestyle enhancement program through faith-based organizations (FBO5).”