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Renovation of the Church: Making Spiritual Formation the Center of Congregational Culture Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken This workshop told the story of a large, entrepreneurial, attritional church that unplugged from a “church growth” model and re-structured the church and spiritual formation. We will explore some of the leanings and overarching principles that were discovered …

Publishing for Spiritual Formation in the 21st Century Jeff Crosby Throughout the history of the Church, books have played a vital role in the formation of Christians. In this seminar led by a publishing executive who has also ben deeply involved with the genre both professionally and personally, we explored the current landscape of publishing …

Healing a Broken World Through Inner Transformation Blake Barber and Matt Johnson The world longs for healing, reconciliation, and justice, but the path to bring these gifts into the world may be less direct than we realize. In this workshop, we explored the essential component of inner transformation and how it can lead to the …

Family and Formation: Taking the “Abstract” Principles of Spiritual Formation and Learning How to Help Families of all Shapes and Sizes Apply the Disciplines Mike Evans This interactive workshop was intensely practical. Our passion is to help you help families of all kinds and the people of your church and community to put skin on …

Entering the Jesus Dojo: A Practice-based Shared Approach to Spiritual Formation Mark Scandrette So many of us want to live in the way of Jesus – pursuing a life that is deeply soulful, concerned to real needs and good news to our world. Yet too often our methods of spiritual formation are individualistic, information driven …

The Evangelistic Apprentice Jimmy Taylor Do you care about increasing the population of heaven? Or do you care about “getting heaven into us”? Do you fret when Sunday morning attendance drops? Or, are you someone who “doesn’t care about numbers”? Tension stands between those in evangelical camps and those in spiritual formation camps. Need and …

“The Good and Beautiful Community: Living Into Social Transformation” James Catford James Catford, Chief Executive of the British and Foreign Bible Society of England and Wales, reminded listeners of whose world we live in at the Formation in Christlikeness conference on Saturday, September 24. Click here to listen to this session!  

Communion with the Faith of Jesus: Developing a Trinitarian Spiritual Life Chris Kettler Jesus is the Pioneer and perfector of faith (Heb 12:2). He trusted in the Father in the power of the Spirit. Even now, he prays for us (Heb 7:25). How does his faith make any difference in our lives? We explored the …

Business is Business – Everything else is God’s: The False Narrative of Putting Business in a Box Bob Casper This workshop examined the separation of God from the business world today. We explored how this separation impacted the way business is conducted and whether God can be brought back into this arena. Click on this …

Bringing Ethiopia Home: Prayer and Transformation Margaret Campbell From the mundane to the most extraordinary events, prayer is the bridge to a well-ordered life lived in cooperation with God. In this workshop we considered the ways that private and corporate prayer support our life with God and the role prayer plays in spiritual formation. Praying …