Missional Spiritual Formation

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Comment by James Nored on August 19, 2010 at 6:54pm

Here is Richard Foster with an article on "Maturing the Modern Spiritual Formation Movement." http://ning.it/bolE46 Your thoughts?

Comment by Zack Blaisdell on February 20, 2010 at 9:01pm

Hello everyone! This is Zack Blaisdell here. I enjoy this group so much because missional spiritual formation is a major passion of mine. I'm currently enrolled in preaching school and am due to graduate in May. One of the books I read for school was Transforming Discipleship. GREAT book :} Of course I don't agree with everything he said in there, but by and large I really liked the book. As the author did in his book, I agree, a both studies start with a study of Jesus and His life and work while He lived on earth and also goes to the early church in Acts and to Paul in Acts and in his letters. It also involves recruiting others to come along with you and your discipling them and helping them develop their own ministry skills and whatnot.
What are your thoughts and suggestions here? Thanks! God bless. Grace and Peace.

Comment by Eric Asante Obeng on July 10, 2009 at 7:09am

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 ¶ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

Comment by James Nored on June 23, 2009 at 11:50pm

Let's welcome Chris Chappotin, who just joined the group. Chris is a church planter with Mission Alive in the Dallas area. He has really built up a lot of community in his neighborhood and found many ways to connect with people.

Comment by James Nored on February 4, 2009 at 11:46am

Hmm . . . I'm not much help here, Jonathan. No speako Spanisho. But I'm thrilled that this site can be used to bring together bilingual missional people as well.

Comment by Bob Young on February 4, 2009 at 11:34am

Thanks, Jonathan,
I gave a quick look at the first lesson. Looks like some good stuff with great potential.
Gracias por su ayuda en esta area del crecimiento espiritual. Creo que es una gran necesidad entre las iglesias. Ensene una clase en Baxter hace 3 o 4 anos, tema El Desarrollo Cristiano Personal. Fue bien recibido, con indicacion de la necesidad de mas estudios. De hecho, tenia la oportunidad de presentar los conceptos en varias iglesias.
Saludos y bendiciones en su trabajo del Senor.

Comment by Stanley N. Helton on February 4, 2009 at 11:19am

Jonathan, Thanks for letting us know what you are doing in this area. Don't speak Spanish, but glad you do and can do work like this. Let me know if I can be of help.

Comment by Jonathan Hanegan on February 4, 2009 at 11:07am

Greetings from Venezuela! I'm working on a series of Bible studies for the church in Caracas about spiritual formation. I'm translating a lot of materials as well as using other materials already in Spanish. So, if you speak Spanish, check it out and let me know what you think! I would appreciate your suggestions! Thanks and God bless!

The first study can be downloaded from by website:

http://panajonathan.squarespace.com/estudios/estudios-amigos-de-cristo/

Comment by Stanley N. Helton on January 14, 2009 at 7:39pm

Hey, Bob, good to "see" you again. I think you are pushing the right buttons here. So a full definition of Christian spiritual formation would have to include "sent-ness," as well as "communal." I would also like to pack in "incarnational" but that is connected with being sent and "trinitarian," which connects with God as a community and thus, the church as a community.

But you raised the real challenge in church life: to convert "breathing" into "moving."

Comment by Bob Young on January 14, 2009 at 7:11pm

I would like to see someone explore in depth the way in which missional attitudes are fostered--perhaps growing out of our initial calling into the community of believers, through our individual giftedness for the benefit of the community, so that the body in its connected can function missionally (think the progression in Eph. 4:1-16).

The spiritual body of Christ (in my observation) spends a lot of time in basic bodily functions (parallel breathing, eating, sleeping, drinking, etc.) and in this misdirection fails to fulfill what is the real purpose of the body. If spiritual formation does not enable to body (yes, the individual members, but in a missional context, the corporate body) toward the purposes of God, we may have misidentified the components, purposes, or results of spiritual formation.
Some recent literature suggests that spiritual formation occurs best (only?--by) in the context of the community. Such may provide a connection between the sentness of the body (exhibited in the sentness of individual members) and spiritual formation.

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