Flourishing Faith
Spiritual Formation in Christian Schools
- Discipleship & Christian Education
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
Discover what it takes to cultivate flourishing faith within Christian schools. Christian education holds extraordinary promise for helping students develop a vibrant faith. This book shows teachers and leaders how to deliver on that promise. A companion to the beloved book Flourishing Together, which lays the groundwork for a Christian vision of education, Flourishing Faith focuses specifically on spiritual formation in Christian schools. Drawing on the largest research study of its kind in K–12 Christian education, authors Lynn E. Swaner, Jay Ferguson, and Matthew H. Lee identify best practices for ensuring Christian schools don’t just teach about faith, but actually cultivate faith in their students. The authors present a comprehensive framework spanning three essential domains: heart, head, and hands. Through rigorous research involving thousands of students, teachers, leaders, and families, the authors identify which practices most powerfully nurture authentic spiritual development. Flourishing Faith integrates scholarship, theology, and practical wisdom into an accessible practitioner’s guide. Each chapter offers concrete applications, discussion questions, and activities designed for immediate implementation—whether in faculty meetings, professional development sessions, or strategic planning retreats. The research is in. The path forward is clear. Flourishing Faith equips Christian educators to fulfill their highest calling: forming students who love God deeply, think Christianly, and live faithfully in the world.
Endorsements (5)
“What if Christian teachers, administrators, and parents did not have to juggle scattershot research findings and inspiring but abstract exhortations and statements of vision? This book helpfully weaves together research and theological vision, knowledge and purpose, truth and effectiveness in the service of flourishing school communities. Read it to find help in the vital task of building genuinely purposeful Christian learning.”
“If you care about faith formation in Christian schools, this book will help you attend more fully to all aspects of the process. I recommend you read this book in community with other educators and cheer each other on in the holy task of shaping hearts, minds, and hands after Jesus Christ.”
“Finally, a book that illuminates the often-opaque process of how spiritual transformation happens in Christian schools. Packed with data, relevant examples, and practitioners’ wisdom, Flourishing Faith gives its readers a roadmap to create the conditions for the kind of growth we long to see in our schools. A must read.”
“As Christian school educators, we deeply desire to see our students fulfill their God-given potential and faithfully serve Christ. Using a ‘heart, head, mind’ framework, the authors successfully blend in-depth research with theology and practical case studies to help us develop flourishing faith in our students.”
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