Articles by Jen Van Zandt
Jen is a Presbyterian minister and head of staff at the 1St Presbyterian Church of Boonton, NJ. She was Moderator of the Newton Presbytery and chair of the Presbytery Team that defined Presbytery‘s role to help congregations further God’s Kingdom as disciples of Christ. She is a spiritual director and also leads contemplative prayer groups. She holds an M. Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Call and Discipleship
by Jennifer M. van Zandt
There are growing numbers of “Spiritual but Not Religious” people leaving the institutional church for their own rituals and ways of relating to God. Too many people in formal churches are assisting in this slow death by focusing on Attendance, Budget, and Children instead of making Disciples.
