Holy Habits

The HOLY HABITS

In the Ripon and Lower Dales Mission Area we are using the resources created by Pioneer Revd Andrew Roberts. We have had the pleasure of listening to him discuss his resources and continue to find them useful to follow in small group settings, as individuals and as part of our larger worship events.

Taken from his website Holy Habits | Missional discipleship as a way of life

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, that Luke presents in the passage:

• Biblical teaching
• Fellowship
• Breaking bread
• Prayer
• Sharing resources
• Serving
• Eating together
• Gladness and generosity
• Worship and
• Making more disciples

It is way of life for all – a key word Luke uses several times in the text – from young children to those in residential care. It is also a way of life to be lived when followers of Jesus are both gathered as church and dispersed in day-to-day life at home, at work and in engagement with the issues of the world. The name reminds us that these are godly practices that form us not just as followers of Jesus but as wholesome human beings, both individually and in community.

After several years of trialling and developing Holy Habits material in the Birmingham area, the Introductory Guide and ten original church resources were published by BRF in January 2018. Already, Holy Habits is proving to be fruitful across a wide range of denominations, traditions, cultures and contexts. As an approach to forming disciples, Holy Habits works particularly well in smaller communities, including many rural communities. Whether urban, suburban or rural, you don’t need a large budget or a large building. Throughout Acts, the primary place for church gatherings was the home, with eating together a key habit. The same is true for Holy Habits communities today.