ImagineImagining a new vision of forming faithful disciples in today's world
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InnovateDesigning innovative faith formation for all ages, families, and generations
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InspireInspiring people to grow into a faith for a lifetime
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The resources and services of Lifelong Faith Associates are focused on helping pastors and faith formation leaders to create the future of lifelong faith formation in their churches by Imagining, Innovating, and Inspiring.
I hope you find the resources helpful to your ministry! John Roberto |
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One of the essential roles of all pastoral leaders today is to develop the mindset, the processes, and the skills for becoming capacity builders. Capacity building is designed to improve and enhance the church’s ability to achieve its mission and sustain itself over time. Among the essential capacities needed in churches today are leadership (professional and volunteer), financial sustainability, facilities, communication, technology, collaborations with other churches and community organizations, and programmatic resources in all forms—print, audio, video, digital, and online. This article explores how to develop a capacity-building mindset and two essential skills for building capacity for faith formation: curating resources and developing leaders.
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Faith formation (and the whole church) in the emerging post-pandemic world will need to help people of all ages answer the question “How shall we live now?” People are searching for meaning and purpose in a post-pandemic world, and for hope and guidance in how to live now. Formation in Christian practices helps people to find a way to live with meaning and purpose. It forms people of all ages in the practices of the Christian way of life by drawing upon the wisdom of the Bible and Christian tradition, and connecting the practices to the “signs of the times” – the struggles, joys, needs, and hungers of people and communities today, and equipping people with the skills and ways to live the practice in their daily life.
In a new Practices section, Lifelong Faith is making available "A Guide to Designing Formation in Christian Practices" and Learning Programs with reproducible activities for teaching Christian practices. Here is the current list of what's online:
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All six of the Lifelong Faith books we have produced since 2014 are now available in PDF format to download for free in the Books section.
All books are also available in Amazon Kindle format (www.amazon.com). |
Lifelong PlanVision, processes, and tools for creating a lifelong faith formation plan & approaches and ideas for children, youth, adults, family, and intergenerational faith formation
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ResearchResearch studies selected for their relevance to faith formation
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CurateCurated digital resources for children, youth, adults, families, and worship and the lectionary
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