Undergraduate thesis.

Faith healing is a method of treating illnesses through the exercise of faith rather than medical methods. The current study is exploring the reason behind people choosing faith healers and their methods ofhealing instead of doctors. This study used a narrative inquiry through a qualitative research method to acquire a deeper understanding, more detailed information on their narratives, and also to relate with these experiences. The study utilized a validated, in-depth interview questions used to collect data. Purposive sampling was utilized in the selection of key informants. The participants of the study are ten (10) believers who have been allegedly healed by faith healers from any sort of ailment or illness that was specified on their account are among the chosen participants in Paranaque City. The goal of this research is to document the participants' unique faith healing experiences. The research found out the following themes emerged after analyzing the stories ofthe participants and resulted to the following: (a) Influence and beliefs (b) Faith and (c) Testimonies of Effectiveness, in which encompasses the shared stories of experiences coming from the participants with the experience ofthe researchers. The study concluded that the people{92}s belief has seen as the significant part on the emergence of faith healing, and other factors contributed to it that made its way through generations and exhibited through accounts shared in communities and relatives of people. The recommendations were patterned to the beneficiaries ofthe study suggesting a variety of further exploration of the study, new approaches to be applied, and additional strategies on the collection of new set of participant were also presented as part ofthat exploration ofthe study. In addition, in order to conserve and enrich local literature, future researchers may perform additional research on the gathering of faith healing narratives.