emerging church planters, pastors, workers & seminarians (in WA, OR, BC)
Mark Douglass's Page
Profile Information
- Name
- Mark Douglass
- Church Community
- Wilderness Way Community
- Church Website:
- http://wildernesswaypdx.org
- Church location Ciy and Neighborhood
- Portland, OR - Arbor Lodge (for now)
- Describe your church plant or ministry, your context and some of your mission priorities.
- Words that describe Wilderness Way: Christian, ecumenical, perrenialist, social gospel, relational, practice-oriented.
Our coeur (core) stuff:
1. Mission statement: Enough For Everyone
2. Practices: Seven practices that define our common life, including a relational covenant
3. Yurt: Both a physical structure (30' diameter) and the "shape" of our gathered community: circular (non-hierarchical), minimal environmental footprint, provisional, relational, off-grid, max 50 people in one gathering.
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Email is private.
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Check your mail & friend requests click the mail or friends icon - top, left corner of the website.
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