Holy Habits
Holy Habits is an adventure in Christian discipleship based upon Luke’s picture of the early church in Acts 2:42-47. It explores and encourages the practice of ten disciplines, or holy habits: biblical teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, prayer, sharing resources, serving, eating together, gladness and generosity, worship and making more disciples.
The church handbooks, the Group studies and Bible reflections are designed to help churches explore the habits creatively in a range of contexts and live them out in whole-life, intergenerational, missional discipleship.
Find out more by watching our Holy Habits videos. or visiting holyhabits.org.uk.
The church handbooks, the Group studies and Bible reflections are designed to help churches explore the habits creatively in a range of contexts and live them out in whole-life, intergenerational, missional discipleship.
Find out more by watching our Holy Habits videos. or visiting holyhabits.org.uk.
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