Lifelong Faith ​Book 

The mission of making disciples and forming faith for a lifetime can seem over-whelming. Leaders want to make lifelong faith formation a reality. They want to nurture, sustain, and deepen the Christian faith for a lifetime. What if we could identify the essential elements that make lifelong faith formation work—key elements that could guide decision-making and planning in every single church?

Lifelong Faith: Formation for All Ages and Generations presents seven elements for developing lifelong faith formation. 
  1. Goals for maturing in faith
  2. Practices for forming a Christian way of life
  3. Intergenerational faith formation through Christian community
  4. Family faith formation with three generations
  5. Networks for forming faith with all ages
  6. Pathways for personalizing faith formation
  7. Playlists for engaging people of all ages in faith formation 

These are elements that every church can contextualize and customize to their size, location, and diversity of their people. Lifelong faith formation developed around these seven elements can transform the life of families, children, adolescents, adults, and the whole church. 

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Lifelong Faith Publications

From 2010 through 2018 we produced six Lifelong Faith books: 
  1. Faith Formation 2020 (2010)
  2. Generations Together (2014)
  3. Reimagining Faith Formation for the 21st Century (2015)
  4. Seasons of Adult Faith Formation (2015)
  5. Families at the Center of Faith Formation (2016)
  6. Faith Formation with a New Generation (2018). 

​All of the books are now available for free in PDF formats. Download them directly from the Lifelong Faith website. 

​All books are still available in Amazon Kindle format. 

Insights & Practices Series

The Insights & Practices from Research and Theory Series explores the latest research and thinking on forming faith and proposing practical strategies for forming faith that reflect the current research and thinking. Each report explores:

  1. What does the research show are the most important contributors to effective faith transmission? 
  2. What does the research show are the activities, tasks, and behaviors that bolster faith transmission? 
  3. What are the implications for faith formation leaders, and the church as a whole? 
  4. What strategies can parishes utilize to form faith that is informed by the research and current thinking?  

Now available:
  • ​Report #1. Practices for Forming Faith with Families & Parents
  • Report #2. Practices  for Forming Faith Intergenerationally
  • Report # 3. Practices for Forming Faith with Children ​
  • Report #4. Practices for Forming Faith with Adolescents
  • ​Report #5. Practices for Forming Faith with Young Adults 
Intergenerational Faith is our library of over 50 family and intergenerational programs that churches can download and easily adapt.
  • Christian Practices  (5 sessions)
  • Creed and Beliefs (6 sessions)
  • Jesus and Discipleship (6 sessions)
  • Justice, Peace, and Care for Creation  (5 sessions)
  • Moral Living (5 sessions)
  • Prayer (6 sessions)
  • Catholic Sacraments (6 sessions) ​
This website is developed by John Roberto as a service of Lifelong Faith Associates - committed to helping churches develop lifelong faith formation for all ages and generations.
John Roberto
 Lifelong Faith Associates
133 Old Towne Road, Cheshire, CT 06410
203-232-1129
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