Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered

Author: James C. Wilhoit
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1493435167
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
Most books on spiritual formation focus on the individual. But spiritual formation is at the heart of the church's whole purpose for existence. It must be a central task for the church to carry out Christ's mission in the world. This book offers an introduction to spiritual formation set squarely in the local church. The first edition has been well received and widely used as a textbook. The second edition has been updated throughout, incorporates findings from positive psychology, and reflects an Augustinian formation perspective. Foreword by Dallas Willard.

Spiritual Formation As If the Church Mattered

Author: JAMES C. WILHOIT
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781540965387
Category : Church growth
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An experienced author and teacher draws on historical ecumenical practices and the Bible to offer a spiritual formation primer that emphasizes the role of the Christian community. Now revised and updated throughout.

Spiritual Formation in Emerging Adulthood

Author: David P. Setran
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441242880
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 413

Book Description
The shift from adolescence to adulthood, a recently identified stage of life called "emerging adulthood," covers an increasing span of years in today's culture (roughly ages 18-30) due to later marriages and extended education. During this prolonged stage of exploration and self-definition, many young adults drift away from the church. Here two authors--both veteran teachers who are experienced in young adult and campus ministry--address this new and urgent field of study, offering a Christian perspective on what it means to be spiritually formed into adulthood. They provide a "practical theology" for emerging adult ministry and offer insight into the key developmental issues of this stage of life, including identity, intimacy and sexuality, morality, church involvement, spiritual formation, vocation, and mentoring. The book bridges the gap between academic and popular literature on emerging adulthood and offers concrete ways to facilitate spiritual formation among emerging adults.

Cultivating Sent Communities

Author: Dwight Zscheile
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802867278
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
"Cultivating sent communities reimagines spiritual formation through the lens of mission, covering such topics as the role of Scripture, congregational discernment, and short-term missions and drawing on case studies from diverse contexts including Ethiopia, England, Leipzig, and San Francisco."--Back cover.

The Christian Educator's Handbook on Spiritual Formation

Author: Kenneth O. Gangel
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441215336
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
Provides the help Christians need to understand and pursue spiritual growth.

Discipleship in Community

Author: Mark E. Powell
Publisher: ACU Press
ISBN: 1684269539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
Jesus said, “Go and make disciples.” So, what exactly are we doing? Western churches face a difficult future marked by numerical decline and evident signs of shrinking cultural influence. But Discipleship in Community wisely asks the church to go back to basics. What does it mean to follow Jesus? What does a life of discipleship look like? Trusted scholars Mark Powell, John Mark Hicks, and Greg McKinzie invite you to consider how good theology can lead to better, more intentional discipleship. In Discipleship in Community you will learn • how the language of Trinity matters to everyday disciples; • how God’s plan and mission is unfolding and how, as disciples, we can participate in that mission; • how the Bible is more than a book of facts and how it guides us into a relationship with God; • how baptism and the Lord’s Supper allow us to experience God’s saving power; and • how local churches can encourage intentional discipleship.

Renovated

Author: Jim Wilder
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1641581670
Category : Neuropsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 235

Book Description
Christianity has tended to focus on right beliefs and right choices as the keys for personal growth. But biblical evidence and modern brain science show that our character is shaped more by whom we love than what we believe. Through conversations he had with Dallas Willard at the Heart & Soul Conference shortly before Dallas's death, Jim Wilder shows how we can train our brains to relate to God based on joyful, mutual attachment--which leads to emotional and spiritual maturity as our identity and character are formed by our relationship with God.

Transforming Worship

Author: Rory Noland
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830841733
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Spiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith. According to worship leader Rory Noland, in order to stem the tide of nominal Christianity we need to reclaim our worship services as formative spaces that are substantive and purposeful. Combining discipleship and worship—what Noland calls transforming worship—he offers a vision for worship as spiritual formation.

Pursuing God's Will Together

Author: Ruth Haley Barton
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830869786
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Transforming Center, helps teams transition to a much more fitting model—the spiritual community that practices discernment together.

Church

Author: Hans Kung
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0860121992
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
Provides a picture of the Church's theological image as expressed in the historical forms it has taken through the centuries from the present day back to its origins. The book uncovers, for both Protestant and Roman Catholic, some lessons about the community to which he or she belongs.