Christian Communes in USA

[tyleryhwh]

I am deeply interested and motivated in the idea of living with fellow Christians in a commune preferably off-grid, living in a town with only a handful of Christians it's hard to really show your faith and love for Jesus, there isn't too much I can find online so I thought I'd post here, so if you know of such a place then please comment.

 

[farouk]

@tyleryhwh I guess my thought would be that the believer's task by God's grace as per the NT is to engage in evangelizing and in encouraging other Christians, rather than to try to create on earth Millennial conditions.

 

[Pearl]

I am deeply interested and motivated in the idea of living with fellow Christians in a commune preferably off-grid, living in a town with only a handful of Christians it's hard to really show your faith and love for Jesus, there isn't too much I can find online so I thought I'd post here, so if you know of such a place then please comment.

It sounds like a nice idea but is contrary to the task Jesus has set us. If we only live with other Christians how can we spread the Good News or reach people who are in need?

I loved being with so many Christians at the Dales bible weeks but it isn't real life. In reality we live in the world where there are lost souls and darkness. We are to be the light in that darkness. We are the ones who are meant to let out light shine, to live in the world yet not be part of it.

Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

 

[Episkopos]

I am deeply interested and motivated in the idea of living with fellow Christians in a commune preferably off-grid, living in a town with only a handful of Christians it's hard to really show your faith and love for Jesus, there isn't too much I can find online so I thought I'd post here, so if you know of such a place then please comment.

Hey, welcome here! There is JPUSA in Chicago (Jesus people USA). They take in guests to check them out.

Not sure if there is anything of that sort where you live. Maybe in Scotland on those isles...can't remember the name...Iona???.

 

[shortangel]

i don't know of many communites that are Christian & are off the grid except the Amish, that all i know

 

[farouk]

i don't know of many communites that are Christian & are off the grid except the Amish, that all i know

@shortangel Sometimes such groups have stringent rules that truly born again Christians would find odd and unnecessary............

 

[shortangel]

true

 

[Pathfinder7]

I am deeply interested and motivated in the idea of living with fellow Christians in a commune preferably off-grid, living in a town with only a handful of Christians it's hard to really show your faith and love for Jesus, there isn't too much I can find online so I thought I'd post here, so if you know of such a place then please comment.

Wikipedia has an article..
- 'List of Intentional Communities'
*Some of them..'Christian'.

 

[Angelina]

Hi@tyleryhwh I've had those kind of thoughts also, not so that I could be separate from the world but more to do with finding some sort of utopia. Living in a christian community off grid sounds awesome

 

[Pearl]

Hi@tyleryhwh I've had those kind of thoughts also, not so that I could be separate from the world but more to do with finding some sort of utopia. Living in a christian community off grid sounds awesome

It sounds like it should be good to live with other Christians but I have known a number of people who have lived in communities and lived to regret it and broken away. I am currently in touch with a lady who was robbed of her whole childhood and whose whole life was ruined by being brought up in a community of very strict Christians who should be ashamed of the way they treated her and the other children in their care.

 

[Angelina]

It sounds like it should be good to live with other Christians but I have known a number of people who have lived in communities and lived to regret it and broken away. I am currently in touch with a lady who was robbed of her whole childhood and whose whole life was ruined by being brought up in a community of very strict Christians who should be ashamed of the way they treated her and the other children in their care.

I can totally understand but I wasn't thinking along the lines of Waco Texas or gloryvale here in NZ. I was thinking about believers that are possibly from a variety of denominations who want to live off grid and create a Christ centered environment. that would be cool!

 

[L.A.M.B.]

Jesus said, I pray Father for you NOT to take them out of the world but to KEEP them from the evil of the world.

We have such a place we are going to, PTL .
We are headed home to where it will glorious forever! Jesus has gone before us to make sure our home is prepared. I'm waiting on the call " Come up hither" PTL

 

[Pearl]

I can totally understand but I wasn't thinking along the lines of Waco Texas or gloryvale here in NZ. I was thinking about believers that are possibly from a variety of denominations who want to live off grid and create a Christ centered environment. that would be cool!

That is what I'm talking about in the UK. When we used to go to the Dales Bible Week in Harrogate it was wonderful to be with all those other Christians so i can understand people like the idea of living in communities.

When i first joined our church it was called a Christian community but we didn't live together or even close but we lived as though we were a real community sharing skills, and belongings, meeting needs offering hospitality as the template in Acts. But I wouldn't have wanted to live with them in an exclusive area.