Sustainable Traditions is an invitation to embrace the wholeness, the shalom of GOD’s kingdom, as released through the life, death and resurrection of JESUS. We seek to live into the reality of the Age to Come in this ‘present Evil Age’. We seek to be a voice in these turbulent times calling the Church at large to abandon ‘consumer Christianity’ and to embody a ‘whole-life’ Christian faith.
Our Mission:
To call the American church to a renewed theological imagination and fresh embodiment of radical devotion to JESUS and His kingdom in the context of whole-life discipleship.
We seek to cultivate and encourage ‘communities of practice’ that engage in creating ‘good soil’ (the practical aspects of life that will allow for GOD’s word to flourish) and ‘getting oil’ (seeking the guidance, empowerment and anointing of the HolySpirit as we pursue the mission of GOD in our generation).
Our Vision:
To cultivate the understanding and practice of whole-life Christian faith through:
- Educating and Informing: through the use of media (our online website/blogazine, social media, a future print publication, future video series, and other media storytelling).
- Networking and Connecting: people through the web (our online community, online social networks) and in person (future regional gatherings/clusters, future nationwide network).
- Facilitating and Propagating: the vision with ‘working’ conferences, church and neighborhood focused initiatives (encouraging simple living, sustainable agriculture, missional living, creation care, caring for the poor…).
- Planting and Cultivating: intentional Christian communities/’villages of GOD’ of shared-life, mission and discipleship beginning in the Virginia area with the creation of a ‘holy laboratory’ rooted in the rural Bedford/Lynchburg area.
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