The Cost of Non-discipleship in the American Church

The speaker aims to summarize the best learnings of the spiritual formation movement over the last 50 years. They note that the formation movement in the western Protestant stream of the church can be time-stamped to the late 70s with Dallas Willard and Richard Foster, but a professor suggested that it actually starts with Bonhoeffer and 'The Cost of Discipleship.' The speaker emphasizes the significance of the cost of non-discipleship and attributes the concept to Willard. They highlight the current lack of discipleship in the American church and raise questions about the costs being paid as a result.

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