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The September issue of Christianity Astray Today magazine is poised to bring favorable attention to The Cult Guru Richard Foster. So Apprising Ministries reminds you that in his modern Church Growth classic The Purpose Driven Church PDL Pope Rick Warren says that from “time to time God has raised up a parachurch movement to reemphasize a neglected purpose of the church.”

And among these parachurch movements Warren’s discussing is what he calls The Discipleship/Spiritual Formation Movement. In this post you’ll see America’s Megapastor tell us that “authors such as…Richard Foster, and Dallas Willard have underscored the importance of building up Christians and establishing personal spiritual disciplines. This would be the repainted pietism of corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism aka Spiritual Formation.