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Spiritual Growth & Development
A Deliberate Journey Of Faith
From encountering Christ to growing strong in Him.
The Spiritual Growth and Development Directorate helps people understand how spiritual growth happens and provides a clear process for maturing in Christ.
Our faith begins with the first step of encountering Christ and continues through groups, classes, workshops, coaching, and healthy relationships designed for the different ways people learn and grow.
Formation For Life
Spiritual growth is not an event. It is a lifelong process of becoming more like Christ.
We systematically help members become committed, maturing believers whose faith is visible in their habits, relationships, character, and participation in the purposes of the church.
What We Believe
Five truths that shape the way we grow.
Maturity is intentional, relational, and practiced over time.
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Commitment
Growth begins when we choose to follow Christ with intention.
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Process
Transformation is gradual and continues through every season.
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Habits
Healthy spiritual practices create room for lasting formation.
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Relationships
Maturity is stimulated by honest, life-giving community.
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Participation
We grow by engaging the purposes and cultures of the church.
A Supported Pathway
A healthy foundation for the whole person.
We address the heart, renew the mind, build family connections, and provide ongoing support so every believer can grow from a place of wholeness.
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RESET & Inner Healing
An initial healing and deliverance process helps address recurring issues, renew the mind, and make room to encounter the Father's love.
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Discover Your Church Family
New believers and intending members are introduced to the family, culture, and shared life of Firm Foundation through the Firm Development Academy.
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After Care & Support
Small, volunteer-led support circles provide trained care, accountability, guidance, and healthy relationships that help people maintain recovery.
Emotionally And Spiritually Healthy
Healing creates space for the Father's love to take root.
Transformation goes deeper than information. We help people confront strongholds, receive godly order, build positive relationships, and develop support systems that protect their progress.
Wholeness strengthens discipleship. Healthy people build healthy families and healthy communities.
Raising The Level Of Commitment
Clear next steps turn desire into a way of life.
We confidently explain the process and benefits of spiritual growth, ask people for specific commitment, and provide practical support through services, classes, social channels, email, calls, and personal coaching.
Every believer is invited to begin, practice, and renew the habits that sustain maturity.
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Time In God's Word
Learning to study, meditate, understand, and live by revealed truth.
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Prayer
Building an active relationship with God through consistent communion.
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Generosity
Practicing tithing and open-handed stewardship as a culture of faith.
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Fellowship
Growing through accountable relationships and life-giving community.
Firm Development Academy
Discovering Spiritual Maturity.
The 200 Level course gives believers practical steps for starting and maintaining the habits of spiritual maturity.
Participants learn the cultures of the Word and revealed truth, generosity, hosting God's presence, risk, and faith. They are supported by coaches and leave committed to the process, not merely informed about it.
The goal is not instant maturity. The goal is a faithful beginning and a covenant to keep growing.
Spiritual Health Assessment
Know where you are. Discern your next faithful step.
Our assessment helps believers recognize where they are spiritually healthy, where they need to exercise and grow, and which next steps will strengthen their faith journey. We recommend taking it at least twice each year.
Balanced Kingdom Training
Five building blocks of spiritual maturity.
Every curriculum, class, seminar, and message is designed to form the whole believer.
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Knowledge
Understanding Scripture, Kingdom theology, and the content of our faith.
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Perspective
Learning to see ourselves, people, and life from God's point of view.
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Conviction
Aligning our deepest values with biblical truth until truth shapes our choices.
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Skills
Practicing the how-to of Bible study, ministry, leadership, witness, relationships, and stewardship.
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Character
Becoming more like Christ, the ultimate goal of all Kingdom training.
The Measure That Matters
We evaluate growth by the life it produces.
01. Are people learning the content and meaning of the Bible?
02. Are people seeing themselves, life, and others from God's perspective?
03. Are people's values becoming more aligned with God's values?
04. Are people becoming more skilled in serving God?
05. Are people becoming more like Christ?
Learning In Community
Formation happens together.
We listen, study, pray, practice, and encourage one another as a family committed to Christ.
Take Your Next Step
Begin where you are. Keep becoming who Christ has called you to be.
Connect with the Spiritual Growth and Development team to find the class, group, assessment, or support pathway that is right for your season.