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Catholic
Worker
The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin
in 1933, is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of
every human person, their movement was committed to nonviolence,
voluntary poverty, and the Works of Mercy as a way of life. It wasn't
long before Dorothy and Peter were putting their beliefs into action,
opening a "house of hospitality" where the homeless, the hungry,
and the forsaken would always be welcome. Over many decades the
movement has protested injustice, war, and violence of all forms.Today
there are some 130 Catholic Worker communities in the United States.
Christian
Peacemaker Teams
Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is an organization committed to
reducing violence by "Getting in the Way"challenging systems
of domination and exploitation as Jesus Christ did in the first
century. A project of the Mennonite Churches, Church of the Brethren
and Friends United Meeting and other Christians, CPT has worked
in Haiti, the Middle East, Bosnia, Chechnya, Colombia, Mexico, Canada,
and the USA. In all locations, CPT responds to invitations from
grassroots movements seeking to rectify injustice in nonviolent
ways.
Crosswalk
Crosswalk's aim is to offer the freshest and most compelling biblically-based
content to Christians who take seriously their relationship with
Christ. Crosswalk.com is built around four primary content areas
Faith, Family, Fun and Community. Each category is further
subdivided into areas of significance to many Christians, including
Bible Study, Devotionals, Marriage, Parenting, Music, etc
Doulos
Christou Press
Is a small independent publishing press that is dedicated to getting
out radical discipleship materials.
Ekklesia
Project
A project designed for discipleship of the Christian community.
Some of the best theologians in America are currently working on
this project, such as Stanley Hauerwas, Walter Brueggemann, etc
along with pastors and lay persons. Some of the literature on this
site is from these people (with their authorization).
The
Ellul Forum
The Ellul Forum has been published twice per year since August of
1988. Without treating his works as sacred literature, their goal
is to analyze and apply Jacques Ellul's thought to aspects of our
technological civilization and carry forward both his sociological
and theological analyses in new directions. The site is maintained
by the International Jacques Ellul Society. One mission they have
is to preserve and make broadly available Ellul's written and teaching
legacy by:
(1) completing the publication of Ellul's work in French (several
works remain),
(2) completing the English translation of his work and encouraging
translations in other languages,
(3) republishing (in electronic as well as print formats) works
that are no longer available,
(4) publishing a critical edition of Ellul's complete works in both
French and English,
(5) maintaining a current, comprehensive bibliography of works by
and about Ellul,
(6) organizing and making available the audio and video recordings
of Ellul's lectures and interviews,
7) making available an accurate biography of Ellul.
House
Church Central
House Church Central is dedicated to the growing house church movement
and endeavors to provide house churches with:
1) A channel for the interchange of ideas
2) A source for solid, Christian theology
3) A catalog of resources for the house church
(They also have a library of works by Vernard Eller including the
book Christian Anarchy which this site highly recommends for reading.)
Kingdom
Now
Kingdom Now is an umbrella organization of groups and individuals
rallied around two central themes:
1) A call for Christians to see themselves as citizens of God's
Kingdom
2) And thus, also a call for churches in the United States to flee
their idolatrous sins of nationalism.
They have written "95 Theses on the Nationalistic Idolatry of the
Church in the United States" and they plan to have an intense period
of distributing this statement during Lent 2002, a season of the
Church calendar marked by repentance.
Radical
Christ
The primary mission of Radical Christ Ministries (RCM) is to provide
tools for developing a radical faith. For faith in Jesus Christ
is truly a radical proposition for all people today.
Zoecarnate
zoecarnate.com connects over 3,000 alternative Christian websites, to one another and the web in general. Here you will find everything from Christ-centered mysticism to decentralized church, from music to peacemaking to church history to postmodern culture. A definitive guide to the spiritual underground.
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