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In Germany’s medical institution history, the application of spiritual care (or welfare) was originally initiated within the neuropsychiatry branch. Initially, the Catholic Church has systematically advanced this movement in a substantially greater rate than the Protestants. Additionally, these two sides share a very different methodology, not only in the areas of hospital management but in the concept of spiritual care. The Catholic Church practices a decayed methodology of spiritual care which has been progressively modernized to embrace the evolving social-cultural world. Therefore, I will conduct a study at the Confessional Hospital, a Christian hospital in Germany, to understand Christian’s methodology in management and spiritual care now. In addition, in depth research will be done to identify the similar case in hospitals in Korea with the focus on child poverty. This research is to provide a stepping stone to finding an end solution for the current problem amongst child poverty in Korea. Furthermore, it is to infuse the Christian hospital brand with the same spirit of the Christian ethics and beliefs in their future development. It is to implement and integrate true Christian methodology into these hospitals’ organization, management, and spiritual care, enabling them to provide true holistic care rather than treatment focused approach. As this is a condensed research of much broader topic content, further research must be continued.