Villages Of God Amid Globalisation
A pioneer minister has contacted me about Villages of God. He is writing a dissertation on this topic. He hopes to start a pioneering think tank for the Church. The end goal is a growing number of people in different areas working out how Villages of God might work.
I have briefly explored Villages of God in several publications: In chapters 7 and 8 of Church of the Isles: a prophetic strategy for the emerging church in Britain and Ireland; in chapter 5 of High Street Monasteries; in chapter 5 of St. Aidan's Way of Mission: celtic insights for a post-Christian world, in Emerging Down Under: creating new monastic villages of God with Brent Lyons Lee (Atf press)
A virtual Village of God chart is a download in the resouces section of this web site.
I receive more feed-back on this than on any other topic. It excites people.
Our world fears that globalisation and robotisation will destroy local community. A response to this fear is rising up deep in the hearts of many people. Has the time come to make a significant move forward? In order for this to happen, people need:
- A biblical rationale of villages of God
- Examples
- A methodology.
- Tools.
Please send me examples of churches which combine praying- eating- accommodation- trade- learning- eco- or other spaces.
