The Key to Spiritual Formation Is Luke 9, 23, and 24

The ultimate goal is to set people on a path that the staff and elders have agreed on. The Apostle Paul writes extensively about this as well. Jesus says, if anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me for whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life from my sake, he is the one who will save it.