__Mel Lawrenz__ is senior associate pastor at Elmbrook Church in suburban Milwaukee and is director of the Elmbrook Christian Study Center. He has authored several books, including Why Do I Feel like Hiding? and Life after Grief.

Pastors and church leaders can use the normal activities of church life to touch the innermost lives of their flock, fostering spiritual growth and building up the body of Christ.

Preface  
1 The Formed Life: Spiritual Growth as Spiritual Formation  
2 Beyond Birth: The Development of Spiritual Life  
3 War against the Soul: Sin as Deformation  
4 From Text to Godliness: Formative Reading  
5 Dialogue with God: Formative Prayer  
6 Bending and Serving: Formative Worship  
7 To Know and to Be Known: Formative Fellowship  
8 The Shaping Word: Formative Preaching  
9 The Expended Life: Formative Service  
10 Metamorphosis: The Final Goal  
Appendix: What Is the "Soul"?  
Notes

Lawrenz, Mel

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Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Series Preface

Preface

1. The Formed Life: Spiritual Growth as Spiritual Formation

2. Beyond Birth: The Development of Spiritual Life

3. War against the Soul: Sin as Deformation

4. From Text to Godliness: Formative Reading

5. Dialogue with God: Formative Prayer

6. Bending and Serving: Formative Worship

7. To Know and to Be Known: Formative Fellowship

8. The Shaping Word: Formative Preaching

9. The Expended Life: Formative Service

10. Metamorphosis: The Final Goal

Appendix: What Is the “Soul”?

Notes

Subject Index

Scripture Index

About the Author

Other Books by Author

An in-depth look at the role pastors can and must play in the shepherding of their parishioners to promote spiritual growth.

Personal spiritual growth is a crucial topic today, with many books written from a how-to, self-help perspective. The Dynamics of Spiritual Formation brings together the principles of personal spiritual disciplines with the church's corporate life and demonstrates how normal church activities such as worship, prayer, and fellowship hold potential for spiritual transformation in individual lives. Written for pastors and church leaders, this book takes an in-depth look at the tools of "soul-shaping," with the goal that every church member may grow into the fullness of Christ. Drawing from Christian classics and experience, Mel Lawrenz helps shepherds touch the innermost lives of their flock, thus fulfilling Jesus' command to make disciples.

Mel Lawrenz is senior associate pastor at Elmbrook Church in suburban Milwaukee and is director of the Elmbrook Christian Study Center. He has authored several books, including Why Do I Feel like Hiding? and Life after Grief.

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Pastors and church leaders can use the normal activities of church life to touch the innermost lives of their flock, fostering spiritual growth and building up the body of Christ.

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