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Westport New York ... Adirondacks at Lake Champlain

About Me:

I am a Christian pastor and teacher that has wandered the US doing ministry in places like Philadelphia, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Lansing MI, Bloomington Ill, Binghamton NY and now Westport.
In the Spring of 1991 a professor at North Amerikan Baptist Seminary handed me a copy of Jacques Ellul's "Anarchy & Christianity" and told me he knew I'd enjoy it. Indeed I did; I finally read something that helped define and clarify the yearnings and angst i was feeling as I confronted the reality of following a 20 year old 'calling' to vocational ministry.
And here we are 18 years later and the journey is deepening and the passion growing...

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One of the greatest challenges I have found along this Christian anarchist journey is that of connecting with others who are either like-minded or open to the conversation. I am glad to have found this sight and hope it bears the fruit of relationships and community connections.
I am passionate in the conviction that Jesus following is intended to be lived out in community; community looks easy in an "everyone like us" church model but for some odd reason seems more difficult among radical Jesus followers. I suppose what the 'clone' bodies have isn't really community and far too many Christians, seekers, skeptics and unbelievers remain deeply influenced by Western Individualism and social values.
Whether we simply connect in groups and forums here or eventually end up forming or joining an intentional community, I am glad to be here. shalom, Leon

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At 4:11pm on December 5, 2008, Syracuse, NY Jesus Followers said…: Hey Leon. We feel the same way; many times, we've read through Acts and wondered, "Perhaps the ecclesia really does need a supernatural infusion from the Spirit of God to exist as a true community of diversity-in-perfect-unity." Although we believe in that same power today, we have yet to see it. But Christian anarchism (for lack of a better term), along with new monasticism, is growing. Who knows what the future holds for us.