Some Christian Intentional Communities in the US and Canada

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(Please note that blue communities are participating communities and red heart icon signifies partner communities that support NCN financially as well as relationally. )

Communities on the east Coast

• The Hiding Place Washington DC : community, urban farm, retreat space

• Bruderhof : Anabaptist common purse communities around the US

  • Several communities in upstate New York and New York City

  • Pittsburg, PA and Farmington, PA

Midwestern Communities

• Bloomington Catholic Worker Bloomington, Illinois: Families offering "houses of welcome" to the homeless

• Englewood Church Indianapolis, Indiana: Church investing deeply in its neighborhood especially in affordable housing

• Genesis Community, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Shared households that are part of different churches

• Jesus People USA, Chicago, Illinois:

• Reba Place Fellowship, North Park, Illinois: Common purse households and a broader worshiping congregation

Southern and southwestern communities

• Eden Community, Abilene, Texas: Eco-village and training community with many young families.

• Hope Fellowship, Waco, Texas: Mennonite Bi-lingual fellowship with many families living in proximity.

Communities on the West Coast

• Church of the Sojourners, San Francisco, California: Members live as church in big households in the Mission District.

• Grandview Calvary Baptist Church, Vancouver, British Columbia: Parish church that values shared life and has birthed many creative Kingdom initiatives.

• Springwater, Portland, Oregon: Anabaptist house church/ community committed to loving neighbors and earth care.