We are a Christ-centered community rooted in Oregon soil, growing food, faith, and family together through regenerative agroforestry.
Spiritual Growth: Daily prayer, worship, and scripture shape every decision and relationship.
Land Stewardship: We design and manage diverse food forests that heal the earth and feed people.
Community Life: We share meals, work, and homes in radical hospitality and mutual care.
Biblical Foundations of the Community
Building an intentional community based on biblical principles while utilizing regenerative agroforestry creates a sustainable, “life-boat” structure that restores relationships with God, one another, and the land. This approach treats creation as a gift to be stewarded, aiming to break cycles of poverty and environmental degradation through collaborative, rather than exploitative, farming.
Stewardship over Ownership: Scripture portrays the earth as a garden entrusted to human care. Regenerative agriculture (regenerating soil and spirit) reflects the biblical concept of restoration or being “born again”.
Creation Care as Worship: Regenerative farming is viewed as an act of worship, honoring the Creator by nurturing creation.
Radical Hospitality & Community: Such communities focus on sharing resources and life together, mirroring early church models.
Solidarity and Justice: The goal is to build a “new story” where land and food production foster community health, rather than competing in an extractive industrial system.
Regenerative Agroforestry Components
Agroforestry—integrating trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems—offers ecological and economic resilience.
Diverse Food Forests: Planting diverse tree species to boost biodiversity, improve soil quality, and restore water cycles.
Perennial-First Mindset: Focusing on plants that return annually to mimic natural ecosystems.
Integrated Livestock: Using animals to mimic natural patterns, reduce external inputs, and build soil health.
Income Diversification: Selling tree products (fruits, nuts), using branches for animal feed, and converting timber into materials, reducing reliance on single crops.
Practical Steps for Building
Start Small: Initial projects often begin with a small piece of land (e.g., 1 acre), focusing on building foundational infrastructure like greenhouses, gardens, and basic living units.
Shared Resources: The community shares tools, infrastructure (barns, processing units), and income from farm products.
Collaborative Governance: Utilizing three decision types, in the sequence used: 1) Consensus based decision 2) Truncated voting decision 3) Pulling rank decision, to ensure all voices are heard and their time is respected.
Education and Outreach: Many such communities act as learning centers to teach sustainable techniques and “true education” (connecting nature and God).
Examples of Similar Initiatives
Good Courage Farm (Minnesota): A regenerative farm ministry focused on creation care and Eucharistic hospitality.
Agroforestry Regeneration Communities (ARC): Focuses on restoring land through agroforestry to support community life and resilience.
Saline River Community (Kansas): A community transitioning to regenerative ranching to feed people while healing the land.
Fields of Zion International: Focuses on creating intentional communities around farmsteads to foster, secure, and sustainable lifestyles.
Benefits of this Approach
Environmental Restoration: “Heals the land” from degradation and desertification.
Economic Stability: Reduces risk through diversified production.
Social Connection: Fosters intentional relationships to break the “monoculture” of modern, lonely society.
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