Hugh Owen

Long Term Investment

I first heard of Koinonia in 1943 when I was a young soldier in World War II. Clarence Jordan I knew slightly and like most people who knew him, especially young people, I was in awe of him. Before leaving for the war, in the summers of 1941 and 1942 I had the privilege of sitting in his New Testament classes at Ridgecrest, North Carolina, and nothing was ever quite the same again.

When I heard of the beginning of Koinonia I scraped up a small sum, I think it was twenty dollars (Army pay was less than a hundred dollars a month), and sent it to him. And behold-- he sent a long personal letter telling about the venture and what he hoped to do. I wish I still had the letter. Anyway, I guess I am a charter investor in Koinonia.

1946-Atkinson house on the left, Jordans on the right. (photo by Allene and Harry Atkinson)

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