Spiritual formation, then, is the ongoing process of the triune God transforming the believer’s life and character toward the life and character of Jesus Christ—accomplished by the ministry of the Spirit in the context of biblical community. This process should not be divided into the spiritual and physical, or private and public, or secular and sacred. It involves the integrated, whole person—one’s manner of thinking, habits and behaviors, and manner of relating with God and others—and it should