Assessing Spiritual Development: Reflections on Building a Community Measure

Measuring a complex and theologically challenging concept like spiritual formation can be daunting. This article describes a multiyear process and methodology that was used in constructing a measure that demonstrated reasonably high levels of reliability, validity, and useability. The article also d...

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Published in:Journal of spiritual formation and soul care 2021-11, Vol.14 (2), p.198-210
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