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The formative power of a congregation serves as a primary catalyst for human development. A congregation also forms a person’s life. Congregations are often well-versed in matters of Christian formation and spiritual maturation. But what about how human beings develop as people? Insights from human development, also known as developmental psychology, provide an additional lens through which one can understand how humans are formed throughout life. Working with 30 congregations, the authors developed learning experiences, presented here as case studies, so that participants designed experiences that support human development at the intersection of congregational practices and various aspects of life (parenting, social justice, vocation, the arts, and more). Participating congregations extended beyond the volunteer-based organization to be one of the primary places where people learned to be more human using the simple yet multi-dimensioned phrase. The Formative Power of Your Congregation is written for clergy and laity who long for a congregation that supports human flourishing as much or more than the growth or existence of the church. We will introduce you to a framework of how congregations participate in the development of human beings. Furthermore, you will be introduced to particular congregations that, applying the framework, support participant growth in eight markers that support the flourishing of a person’s life. Moving churches from a loose volunteer association, you will learn how your congregation can form people in lives of meaning and purpose.
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Rev. Dr. Christina Jones Davis is the Clinical Professor of Pastoral Theology and Marriage and Family Therapy at Christian Theological Seminary (CTS). Dr. Davis’ research and teaching interests focus on spiritually integrated counseling, substance abuse and addiction, and relational psychoanalytic theory. Professor Davis has taught courses including Foundations of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Womanist Pastoral Theology, Theological Perspectives on Pastoral and Spiritual Care, Social & Cultural Dimensions of Counseling, Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy, and Psychodynamic Family Therapy. An ordained minister in the Progressive National Baptist Church, Dr. Davis also holds a Th.D. in Pastoral Care and Counseling from the Emory University Candler School of Theology where she was bestowed with the W.E.B. DuBois Noomo Award for Academic Excellence. In addition to teaching, Dr. Davis maintains a clinical practice as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Rev. Tim Shapiro is the president of the Center for Congregations in Indiana. He has served as pastor at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church and Westminster Presbyterian Church in Indiana and Ohio respectively. He is the author of How Your Congregation Learns: The Learning Journey from Challenge to Achievement (R&L/Alban Books, 2017, over $45K net sales LTD). Shapiro is also the co-author of Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message (R&L/Alban Books, 2017) and Divergent Church: The Bright Promise of Alternative Faith Communities (Abingdon Press, 2017). As a keynote speaker at events sponsored by the Church Music Institute, the Christian Reformed Church, the Pentecostal Faith of the Apostolic Church, and for the Wabash Valley Presbytery, he has shared what the Center for Congregations is learning about congregational life from some 5,000 congregations Indiana. He is a graduate of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary earning a M.Div. degree as well as a D.Min. He holds a certificate in Positive Deviance from Tufts University.
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