Leading believers to identify Christian vocation: using the stage theory of faith development and the spiritual disciplines

John D Thielepape

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Leading believers to identify Christian vocation: using the stage theory of faith development and the spiritual disciplines

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

John D Thielepape. Leading Believers to Identify Christian Vocation: Using the Stage Theory of Faith Development and the Spiritual Disciplines. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ab248469-7a3f-49f8-a29d-73a2342adae9.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

J. D. Thielepape. Leading believers to identify Christian vocation: using the stage theory of faith development and the spiritual disciplines. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ab248469-7a3f-49f8-a29d-73a2342adae9

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John D Thielepape. Leading Believers to Identify Christian Vocation: Using the Stage Theory of Faith Development and the Spiritual Disciplines. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ab248469-7a3f-49f8-a29d-73a2342adae9.

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John D Thielepape

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Abstract

The purpose of this project is to awaken believers to their calling of Christian vocation. The project will make use of James Fowler's Stage Theory of Faith Development to provide a structure for the concept of growing faith. Participants will reflect upon their respective faith journeys, and use the Stage Theory to analyze their own faith experience. The project will then introduce the use of classic spiritual disciplines to a group of church members through the use of material by Richard Foster in The Celebration of Discipline. The author will propose that the practice of these disciplines will positively influence faith development. The project will also investigate ways that the disciplines have influenced various Christian traditions as examples of the growth produced by the disciplines. The author will also preach a sermon series intended to introduce the disciplines to the rest of the congregation. Finally, the project focuses upon vocation as the partnership of believers with God. The use of faith development theory and the spiritual disciplines will dovetail at the point of faithful service to God in partnership.

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