Friday, May 3, 2024

First Disciple


 
About Us
New Covenant House is an Intentional Christian Community, a sort of modern monastery, being formed in the Catskills region of New York. As a beginning, the physical framework is a single-family ranch style home on a residential street in a small village. A vision document has been developed, but it needs further refinement. So far, "we" are just myself, a 70-year old male, looking for one other person to take the next step.

Statement of Faith
Pre-historic humans created God. God is the collective goodness within us. The Kingdom of Heaven will be the result of a slow revolution by the transforming of our collective minds one disciple at a time. The Bible is a collection of fictional, historic and poetic stories about who God is as seen through the life and work of Jesus Christ. God is love and our purpose in life is to personify that love by being a blessing for everyone around us. Eternal life is the impression on society we leave behind.

Vision
The ambition is to establish a new network of moneyless, egalitarian Christian communities within but apart from the world, a transformation one community, one person at a time.

For now, moneyless means just expense sharing. Income sharing will come later as we grow and develop ways to reduce and eventually eliminate earned wages and substitute outside products and services with our own labor.

At this stage, egalitarian means all decisions need to be unanimous. Dissenters are encouraged to form their own separate, but federated communities. We will do our best to help them develop the leadership it takes to do that. Later, a self-selecting council of Elders with representation from all the networked communities will be established. Their primary role is to be guardians of the vision and to facilitate periodic review and revision.

Membership
Membership is voluntary and open to anyone who will support the vision for New Covenant House. Prospects will be assigned a membership coordinator who will ensure that there is alignment of expectations and assist with role assignment, education and placement into a New Covenant House community. The prospect will go through a series of developmental stages before final acceptance into a community as a full member. 

Administration
Counselors with special skills or training will be appointed to manage and assist with meeting facilitation, conflict resolution, general and specific education and leadership development.

About You
At this time, we expect the ideal candidate to have means to initially cover their own share of food, clothing, insurance and utilities. Christian faith or community experience is helpful but not required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are also helpful. Above all, an open mind and a willingness to learn is essential.




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