First Stage Faith Development

According to Fowler's theory 1st stage faith development, in stage one, intuitive-projective faith, which spans the ages of two through six or seven, individuals have developed language and are capable of drawing on stories that have been told to them as well as images they have seen to form conceptions of God, though the ways they describe Him are vague and somewhat “magical” (Fowler, 1981, p. 148). At this age, children are incapable of thinking abstractly and are incompetent to perceive the world from others perspective. For them, faith is merely a set of impressions conceived by the influences of their caregiver. Their involvement in the Cultural customs and any other religious practices plays the profound capacity to influence and shape them. His argument tries to reveal so much of our Church practice and teaching, who is trying to instill faith in our young children, who are just beginning their little steps of faith and trust in God.
I do agree with you and Fowler's 1st theory of faith improvement. I enjoyed your honest thought, which you have raised in your analysis. In the sphere of establishing a fruitful faith development in our young believers, we may fail them if we are not unaware. So as you mentioned, numerous young adolescence is turning into …show more content…
Christian doesn't have any established Christian traditions yet. Christian don't identify our faith by the ritual or tradition such as having Christmas tree or Santa bringing gifts to children during Christmas. I was introduced to such traditions after coming to America. In my honest observation, seeing so-called Christians traditions practiced such extravagantly commercial is losing the original intent to celebrate. A tradition observed without the understanding of genuine faith has no power to sprout faith in God. However, observing a tradition is not a wrong thing. Nonetheless, failure to inspire genuine faith in growing children may end paying a hefty