Fowler provocatively argues that our current way of doing church “works best” if we remain in this stage.6 After all, this is the point of our journey where we obey authority, seldom question, are suspicious of challenge, or see anomalies to the expected script as a threat. It’s telling that our faith communities are often structured not only for people at this stage of faith development but, in fact, often unwittingly work to ensure that we remain there.
