At one of the local gymnasiums, there is a sign "Exercise is a process, not an event," that is strategically posted in the various rooms in the gym. Of course, this sign is posted to exhort to participants, that in order to achieve and maintain physical fitness, a successful exercise program must include all aspects of exercise. Also, it is to urge them that, in order to be effective, they must repeat them on a continual basis. In this light, a Process is defined as a complete list of activities that include multiple exercises and continual occurrences; whereas, an Event is one single occurrence of an activity.

We could apply this approach to Christianity. What if the sign read "Christianity is a process, not an event?" In order to achieve and maintain spiritual fitness, Christianity needs to be a complete "Process," not just single or occasional, haphazard "Events." The Christian "Process" is outlined in the Bible. It involves many different "events," some of which require continual repetition. The plan of salvation (hear, believe, repent, confess, and be baptized) is a simple illustration of the requirement to complete all "Events" of the "Process" in order to become a child of God. These are only the "Process" steps for becoming a Christian. In order for us to have and maintain complete spiritual fitness as Christians, many more Bible commandments, or "Events," are outlined for us to follow and "exercise" continually after we obey the gospel.

The Christian life should be a complete "Process" of all the "Events" commanded in the Bible. The need for a complete "process" for our spiritual fitness is far more important than our physical fitness, as is evidenced by Paul's instruction to Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:8, "Bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."