So everyone has a practical theology, even if it is only the purely negative one of the atheist. And everyone's practical theology vitally affects the course of his or her life. We have some measure of choice in what that theology will be in our own individual case, but we will certainly have a theology. And a thoughtless and uninformed theology grips and guides our life with just as great a force as does a thoughtful and informed one. Our practical theology, then, has the task of answering those questions about how one goes about growing spiritually.
Practical theology's overall task is, in effect, to develop for practical implementation the methods by which women and men interact with God to fulfill the divine intent for human existence. That intent for the church is twofold: the effective proclamation of the Christian gospel to all humanity, making "disciples" from every nation or ethnic group, and the development of those disciples' character into the character of Christ himself "teaching them to do all things whatsoever I have commanded you" (Matt 28:20). If these are done well, all else desirable will follow.
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