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My Proposal for a Wesleyan Neo-Monastic Emerging Community

As readers have been asking me about what it is exactly that I would like to do within the context of this emerging, postmodern conversation, I have tried to explain briefly.  I have chosen to publish a copy of a proposal I recently sent to friends, local United Methodist churches and District Superintendents.  This serves as a living document, as the conversation develops with particular people the ideas expressed will be challenged and grow out of the conversation.  Please feel free to offer comments/questions/corrections/etc. “The gospel we preach shapes the kind of churches we create.  The kind of church we have shapes the gospel we preach.” 1  Introduction  In an effort to address an entire population of people who “like Jesus but not the church” 2 , I am submitting a proposal for the establishment of a Wesleyan Neo-Monastic Emerging Community. This community, which will serve as a prototype and model for future faith community development within the United Methodist Church nation...