"Regarding the Spirit as animator of the church, here I highlight that pedagogy ‘in the Spirit’ is to have both a genuine hospitality and an 'outward-bound’ orientation. Clearly, it is possible to bond people into a closed or elitist group that has a sense of communal identity but is turned in on itself. The pedagogy of Christian religious educators should never encourage any kind of sectarianism; it is to help create a welcoming and inclusive community and 'lead them out’ into solidarity with any human community in which God’s Spirit is moving to bring about God’s reign for all creation."
— Thomas H. Groome, from “Sharing Faith”
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