Certification · Bethesda
A System Built to Multiply
Four training levels, from local volunteer to global instructor — each step widening what becomes possible, always within clear limits.
Certification ladder
HME-L1
01
Local Missionary Health Promoter
4–6 weeks · Online
HME-L2
02
Missionary Health Educator
3–4 months · Hybrid
HME-L3
03
Health & Lifestyle Missionary
9–12 months · Hybrid
HME-L4
04
Global Missionary Health Instructor
+6 additional months · In-person
HME-L1
01
Local Missionary Health Promoter
- Audience
- Church members, youth, volunteers
- Duration
- 4–6 weeks
- Format
- Online
- Investment
- Free
Can do
- Support health fairs
- Coordinate walking groups
- Run nutrition workshops
- Distribute educational materials
Cannot
- Lead advanced programs unsupervised
- Apply natural therapies
Modules
- Spiritual foundations
- Basic NEWSTART
- Ethics and limits
HME-L2
02
Missionary Health Educator
- Audience
- Health leaders, workers, young missionaries
- Duration
- 3–4 months
- Format
- Hybrid
- Investment
- Enrollment fee
Can do
- Lead health workshops and classes
- Coordinate community campaigns
- Guide lifestyle habits
- Support non-clinical wellness centers
Cannot
- Apply therapies without L3/L4 supervision
- Promise therapeutic results
Modules
- Plant-based nutrition
- Community mental health
- Health communication & education
- Chronic disease prevention
HME-L3
03
Health & Lifestyle Missionary
- Audience
- Missionaries, professionals, project leaders
- Duration
- 9–12 months
- Format
- Hybrid + Supervised practicum (8 weeks min.)
- Investment
- Scholarship available
Can do
- Work in lifestyle centers
- Lead structured community projects
- Apply safe natural therapies with consent
- Supervise L1/L2 volunteers
- Establish missionary health hubs
Cannot
- Diagnose diseases
- Prescribe medication
- Interrupt medical treatment
Modules
- Basic sciences (anatomy, physiology)
- Safe natural therapies
- Public health & epidemiology
- First aid & emergencies
- Missionary center management
- Supervised practicum
HME-L4
04
Global Missionary Health Instructor
- Audience
- L3 graduates with proven experience
- Duration
- +6 additional months
- Format
- In-person + institutional review
- Investment
- By selection
Can do
- Train new students
- Supervise practicums
- Open and coordinate regional cohorts
- Deploy the program in new fields
Modules
- Missionary didactics & pedagogy
- Learning assessment
- Regional leadership
- Program quality management
Institutional statement of limits
Bethesda is a school of health and lifestyle education. Our graduates are missionary health educators — not licensed professionals. This program does not authorize diagnosis, medical prescription, or interruption of treatment. All practice must respect local legislation and the limits of each certification level.
Curriculum
All modules
| Code | Module | Area | Hours | Min. level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Spiritual foundations of mission | Spiritual | 12h | L1 |
| M2 | NEWSTART — the eight remedies | Lifestyle | 16h | L1 |
| M3 | Ethics and limits of the educator | Ethics | 8h | L1 |
| M4 | Applied plant-based nutrition | Nutrition | 24h | L2 |
| M5 | Community mental health | Mental health | 20h | L2 |
| M6 | Health communication & education | Communication | 16h | L2 |
| M7 | Chronic disease prevention | Public health | 20h | L2 |
| M8 | Basic anatomy and physiology | Sciences | 32h | L3 |
| M9 | Safe natural therapies | Therapies | 28h | L3 |
| M10 | First aid and emergencies | Clinical | 16h | L3 |
| M11 | Missionary center management | Management | 18h | L3 |
| M12 | Missionary didactics & pedagogy | Pedagogy | 24h | L4 |