Intergenerational Christian Formation

intergenerational Christian formation—the

kerygma (story, preaching), leitourgia (worship and sacrament), diakonia (mission and service), koinonia (intimate community), and paideia (formation

Intentional intergenerational ministry.

Postconventional levels of faith reflect an owned faith that has weathered doubt and suffering.

enculturation.

Those with a conventional faith have adopted the beliefs and values of the surrounding faith community, but have done so uncritically and without deep reflection.

of belief, attitudes and values, organizational patterns, and activities.”[7]

community of believers

“religious socialization” (see chapter nine for a fuller discussion of this construct). Westerhoff and Neville define religious socialization as “a process consisting of lifelong, formal and informal mechanisms through which persons sustain and transmit their faith (worldview, value system) and lifestyle, and this is accomplished through participat