Non-profit– Mario & Karina – Spirituality Model
Cristoforma is an organization dedicated to creating spaces and offering resources to promote Christian spiritual formation in the 21st century.
MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS
Mission: We accompany holistic processes of Christian spiritual formation that, rooted in the love of the triune God revealed in Christ, transform personal, communal, and social life in dialogue with today’s world.
Vision: We dream of a generation of people who live a Christ-shaped spirituality: who believe deeply, love sincerely, and act faithfully—until Christ is formed in them and flourish fully in their communities.
Goals:
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To accompany individuals and organizations on their journeys of personal, communal, and missional spiritual formation.
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To publish resources and foster spaces for reflection, dialogue, and spiritual practice that integrate mind, heart, and action.
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To connect biblical tradition, theological wisdom, and contemporary challenges from a trinitarian, incarnational, communal, and missional perspective, oriented towards integral human flourishing.
MARIO & KARINA
This project is led by Karina Gutiérrez Seguel, a student of Christian Ministryand Spiritual Formation at Abilene Christian University, currently in the ordination process with the Free Methodist Church; and by Mario Bravo Lamas, a psychologist and theologian with a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, ordained as an elder in the same denomination. Both have served as pastors in Chile and the United States, and today we focus our calling on the spiritual formation of new generations in secular contexts, , in that line we are starting the non-traditional church planting project called Beta.Church.
REDISCOVER CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
At Cristoforma, we invite you to rediscover Christian spirituality as a living path of transformation: personal, communal, and social. In the midst of a complex, fragmented world that is often tired of easy answers, we believe that the Christian faith, lived with depth and authenticity, can be a real source of meaning, hope, and renewal.
We understand this spirituality as the path toward true human flourishing: a good and full life that integrates the ethical, relational, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual dimensions. This integral well-being is not achieved merely through good habits or personal development, but through a spiritual formation that transforms from within, in communion with the triune God. It is neither escapism nor obligation, but an active participation in the love of God who creates us, redeems us, and dwells within us. From that communion flows a life that learns to believe well, love well, and act well — an integral process where truth forms the mind, love transforms the heart, and the presence of the Spirit guides action.
That’s why we create close-knit spaces, meaningful activities, and practical resources to help you grow spiritually, reflect with others, and embody the gospel in your daily life. We are inspired by a dialogical spirituality: one that attentively listens to the Word of God, learns from Christian wisdom, discerns deeply, and remains open to respectful dialogue with today’s world.
We want to contribute to a society more aware of its spiritual dimension and more open to the beauty of a faith lived in communion with God, with others, and with the world.
We dream of a Christ-shaped life: transformed from within — heart, mind, and way of living — inspired by what Jesus taught and lived: love for God and neighbor, as the highest and fullest expression of our humanity’s purpose.
We publish books, videos, podcasts, and digital materials. We organize workshops, courses, retreats, and spaces for conversation. Everything is designed to accompany individuals and organizations in educational, cultural, social, or religious fields… or anyone who simply senses there is something more to discover in spiritual life.
