Cultivating Neighborhood: Identifying Best Practices for Launching a Christ-Centered Community Garden

Bryan K Langlands

ISBN 10: 1625646569 / ISBN 13: 9781625646569

Published by Resource Publications (CA), 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cultivating Neighborhood: Identifying Best Practices for Launching a Christ-Centered Community Garden
• Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1625646569
• ISBN 13: 9781625646569
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 150 grams

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Synopsis

Why have so many churches started community gardens over the past decade? Are they simply a fad? Or do community gardens somehow connect more deeply with the mission of the churches that launch them? What can churches and faith-based institutions interested in starting community gardens learn from those that have started their own gardens over the past decade? And what would it mean for a church to put Christ in the center of its community gardening efforts? In order to discern best practices for launching Christ-centered community gardens moving forward, Cultivating Neighborhood begins with a brief survey of the history of community gardens in the United States and builds a constructive theological framework for community gardening grounded in the practice of Christian hospitality. It continues with two case studies of church-sponsored community gardens and one case study of a community garden sponsored by a Christian college, all three of which were created between 2003 and 2011. The results of this research conclude with a new definition of Christ-centered community gardening and an outline of fifteen best practices for launching a Christ-centered community garden.

About the Authors

Bryan K. Langlands is a church planter, campus minister, and instructor in the Religion Department at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. He is the editor of William H. Willimon's book, A Will to Lead and the Grace to Follow: Letters on Leadership from a Peculiar Prophet (2011).

Will Willimon is one of the most popular writers on church, ministry, and religion in the United States today. His books have sold over a million copies. He has served as an editor, writer, pastor, and bishop. He currently teaches at Duke Divinity School.