Spirituality: The Center of Our Story

The story of Community of Christ begins with Joseph Smith's transformative spiritual encounter in a quiet forest. The Restoration is founded on the prophetic understanding that all things are spiritual (Doctrine and Covenants 28). Joy is found when spirit and element are experienced as inseparable realities (Doctrine and Covenants 90). Wholeness is to be fostered through body, mind, and spirit as part of the peacemaking process (Doctrine and Covenants 156). Our heritage identifies Spirit as foundational, central, formative, primordial, the base from which all responses of discipleship are pursued. God's Spirit is the Light infusing matter with life, beauty, and purpose (Doctrine and Covenants 85). This sacramental view of the universe is the basis for our pursuit of shalom, the wholeness of zionic community. 

Spiritual Formation and Wholeness

Spiritual Formation and Wholeness, led by Carolyn Brock, is a component of the Peace and Justice. Spiritual Life Ministries exists to provide resources and processes through which individuals and congregations can pursue wholeness, healing, and spiritual formation.

Spiritual Life Ministries

• studies and supports Community of Christ spirituality.
• explores connections between the church's spiritual heritage and the spiritual traditions of other Christians and cultures.
• articulates spirituality as the "integrating center" from which peace and wholeness are pursued.
• teaches the practices of spiritual formation and the skills of healing and wholeness to members and friends of the church.