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In Handbook on Spiritual Formation, twenty-five church leaders explore spiritual formation in the light of history. This includes specific acts of liturgy, public worship, and prayer. The volume is an alternative to a humanistic education which has robbed some churches of the ability to transform believers. It assists congregations in producing the kind of people who can witness to the world...

ONE WHAT IS SPIRITUAL FORMATION? John M. Dettoni Spiritual formation (of which nurture and discipleship are integral parts) is not just a new piece of cloth placed on old and worn-out garments of Christian education. Spiritual formation represents a radical paradigm shift, a new way of looking at the church’s ministry. Of course, this new paradigm can also be seen as a return to the original model—to the nurturing patterns of the early church. Three elements mark the approach to Christian nurture
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