📝 Worksheet 4.4: Whole-Person Brokenness and Care Map

📝 Worksheet 4.4: Whole-Person Brokenness and Care Map

Purpose

This worksheet helps you distinguish among:

• sin committed

• suffering endured

• injuries caused by others

• painful memory

• bodily reactions

• destructive habits

• false beliefs

• relational pressures

• spiritual concerns

• medical, psychological, legal, or safety needs

The goal is not to diagnose another person or force every struggle into one explanation. The goal is to listen carefully, recognize the whole person, remain within appropriate ministry boundaries, and offer faithful Christian care.

Topic 4 trains ministry leaders to distinguish sin, suffering, memory, bodily reactions, moral responsibility, compassionate care, and appropriate professional referral.

Part One: Key Scientology Terms

Write a brief definition of each term according to official Scientology usage.

Analytical Mind

Reactive Mind

Engram

Time Track

Restimulation

Reflection

What human experience is Scientology attempting to explain through these terms?

What longing might make this explanation attractive to someone?

Part Two: Scientology and Christian Comparison

Complete the chart.

Reflection

What truthful observation may be present in the Scientology explanation?

What does the explanation reduce, overlook, or treat too narrowly?

How does Christianity provide a fuller account?

Part Three: The Whole-Person Brokenness Map

Choose a real or fictional ministry situation. Do not include private identifying information.

Brief Situation Description

Now consider each area without assuming that every area is equally important.

1. Sin Committed

Has the person knowingly harmed someone, disobeyed God, concealed wrongdoing, manipulated others, or refused appropriate responsibility?

Is confession, repentance, restitution, or accountability needed?

What evidence supports this conclusion?

2. Suffering Endured

Has the person experienced grief, loss, illness, betrayal, rejection, injustice, loneliness, or another form of suffering?

What compassion or practical support may be appropriate?

3. Injuries Caused by Others

Has another person abused, exploited, deceived, neglected, intimidated, or harmed this individual?

Are protection, boundaries, reporting, legal assistance, or accountability needed?

4. Bodily Life

Consider:

• sleep

• nutrition

• illness

• chronic pain

• disability

• medication

• exhaustion

• substance use

• physical safety

• healthcare needs

What bodily factors may be influencing the situation?

What appropriate bodily care should be encouraged?

5. Thoughts and Beliefs

What does the person believe about:

• God

• self

• other people

• guilt

• responsibility

• suffering

• freedom

• salvation

• the future

List any beliefs that may need careful examination.

Which beliefs appear true?

Which beliefs may be incomplete, unsupported, or false?

6. Emotions and Bodily Reactions

What emotions or bodily reactions are present?

Are these reactions deliberate choices, involuntary responses, or a mixture that requires further discernment?

What should the ministry leader avoid assuming?

7. Memory

What does the person clearly remember?

What details are uncertain or unknown?

How is the remembered experience affecting the person today?

What should the ministry leader avoid suggesting about hidden or recovered memories?

8. Habits and Formation

What repeated choices, routines, environments, or relationships may be forming the person’s behavior?

What healthy practices could support faithful change?

9. Relationships and Community

Who is influencing the person?

Who provides healthy support?

Are isolation, manipulation, unhealthy authority, family conflict, or fear of rejection present?

10. Work and Stewardship

Are work, finances, housing, schedules, or other responsibilities contributing to the situation?

What practical stewardship step may be helpful?

11. Justice and Safety

Has a legal, ethical, or safety concern been identified?

Is anyone in immediate danger?

What action is required?

12. Faith and Spiritual Direction

What does the person ultimately trust?

How does the person understand Jesus Christ?

What spiritual teaching, prayer, Scripture, or gospel invitation may be appropriate with permission?

Part Four: Distinguishing Sin and Suffering

Read each statement and mark the most appropriate response.

Use:

• S — primarily sin requiring repentance

• SU — primarily suffering requiring compassion

• B — both sin and suffering may be present

• U — uncertain; more listening is needed

• R — referral or safety action may be needed

Situations

_____ A person lies to avoid responsibility for harming a coworker.

_____ A grieving person begins crying when entering a hospital.

_____ A person experiences severe fear while driving and cannot explain why.

_____ Someone continues verbally abusing a spouse and blames stress.

_____ A person feels guilty for failing to prevent an event outside personal control.

_____ Someone reports hearing commands to harm another person.

_____ A person becomes angry after being treated unjustly.

_____ Someone refuses to apologize after clear wrongdoing.

_____ A person is exhausted after several weeks of caring for a dying parent.

_____ Someone reveals that a child may currently be experiencing abuse.

_____ A person struggles with resentment after betrayal.

_____ Someone experiences unwanted bodily reactions after a painful event.

Reflection

Which situations required the most careful discernment?

Why can a person be both a sinner and a sufferer?

What harm can occur when suffering is automatically treated as personal sin?

What harm can occur when moral responsibility is removed from every destructive action?

Part Five: Case Analysis

Read the following case.

Jordan tells a Christian ministry volunteer:

“I become intensely afraid whenever my supervisor raises his voice. My heart races, and I feel as though I have to escape. I believe an engram is being restimulated. I do not remember the original event, but something must have happened. Can you help me recover the memory?”

Jordan also says that the supervisor frequently humiliates employees in front of others. Jordan has been sleeping poorly and fears losing the job.

Questions

What part of Jordan’s experience should be affirmed as real?

What claims should the ministry volunteer avoid confirming?

What present circumstances may be contributing to the fear?

Is there evidence of current relational or workplace harm?

What bodily factors should be considered?

What questions could help determine whether Jordan is presently safe?

Why should the ministry volunteer refuse to recover a hidden memory?

What professional or practical referrals may be appropriate?

What Christian truth could be offered with permission?

Part Six: Permission-Based Conversation Practice

Write a respectful response to each statement.

Statement One

“My reactive mind takes over before I can stop it.”

Your response:

Statement Two

“The fear proves that I have an engram.”

Your response:

Statement Three

“Can you perform a Christian form of auditing with me?”

Your response:

Statement Four

“If Christianity is true, why do Christians still struggle with fear?”

Your response:

Statement Five

“I know I am guilty even though everyone says the event was not my fault.”

Your response:

Statement Six

“Prayer should make this reaction disappear immediately.”

Your response:

Part Seven: Gospel Bridge Preparation

Complete the following conversation pattern.

Ask

Write a question inviting the person to explain how Scientology understands fear or unwanted reactions.

Listen

What personal experience or belief should you seek to understand?

Clarify

Write a question that distinguishes spiritual freedom from Christian salvation.

Compare

Write a permission-based request to explain the Christian whole-person view.

Proclaim

Write a brief gospel explanation addressing sin, suffering, grace, and hope in Christ.

Invite

Write a noncoercive invitation to explore Scripture or Christian community.

Entrust

How will you avoid pressuring the person and trust the Holy Spirit with the outcome?

Part Eight: Ministry Boundary Review

Mark each action as:

• Appropriate

• Outside Role

• Immediate Action Required

Reflection

Which ministry boundary is most important for you to remember?

Why?

Part Nine: Referral Discernment

Check any concerns that may require assistance beyond ordinary ministry care.

☐ Immediate danger

☐ Suspected abuse or neglect

☐ Threats of violence

☐ Thoughts of suicide or self-harm

☐ Severe or persistent fear

☐ Inability to function in ordinary responsibilities

☐ Medical symptoms

☐ Medication concerns

☐ Substance dependence

☐ Suspected trauma

☐ Legal concerns

☐ Housing or financial crisis

☐ Domestic violence

☐ Workplace harassment

☐ Complex family conflict

☐ Need for qualified mental-health care

Appropriate Referral Possibilities

☐ Emergency services

☐ Physician or healthcare provider

☐ Licensed mental-health professional

☐ Domestic-violence resource

☐ Legal counsel

☐ Law-enforcement agency

☐ Child- or adult-protection agency

☐ Workplace human-resources department

☐ Financial or housing assistance

☐ Qualified addiction professional

☐ Accountable church leadership

Referral Statement

Write a compassionate statement explaining why referral is an act of wise Christian care rather than a failure of faith.

Part Ten: Personal Ministry Reflection

Which type of situation are you most tempted to explain too quickly?

Do you tend to interpret struggles primarily as sin, suffering, spiritual attack, psychological distress, or something else?

How could that tendency limit your care for a whole person?

What will help you listen before assigning an explanation?

How will you remain accountable to Christian leadership?

What professional resources should your church, Soul Center, or ministry identify before a crisis occurs?

Final Whole-Person Ministry Plan

Person or Situation

Use initials or a fictional name.

What Is Clearly Known?

What Remains Uncertain?

Possible Sin Requiring Repentance

Suffering Requiring Compassion

Bodily or Practical Needs

Relational, Justice, or Safety Concerns

Appropriate Ministry Support

Needed Referral

Permission-Based Christian Truth

Appropriate Gospel Bridge

Privacy and Accountability Safeguards

Faithful Next Step

Personal Ministry Commitment

Complete the statement:

When someone describes fear, painful memories, unwanted reactions, or human brokenness, I will not force the person’s experience into a single explanation. I will:

I will distinguish sin from suffering, respect the person’s freedom and privacy, remain within my ministry role, seek qualified help when needed, and offer the grace and hope of Jesus Christ without pressure.

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