{"id":426,"date":"2005-10-24T09:21:20","date_gmt":"2005-10-24T09:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/10\/source-of-spiritual-formation.html"},"modified":"2005-10-24T09:21:20","modified_gmt":"2005-10-24T09:21:20","slug":"source-of-spiritual-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/10\/source-of-spiritual-formation.html","title":{"rendered":"Source of Spiritual Formation: Barna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Barna, in his new book Revolution, claims the primary source for the new generation&#8217;s spiritual formation is shifting away from the local congregation model to a more fragmented model. That is, we get what we need from the sources we know about, but not all of them (or even the primary one) is our local church. So, I&#8217;m keen on asking this: What about you, where do you see your primary source for spiritual formation? 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