Local Ministries

Here at Koinonia we are a group of ordinary people with an extraordinary opportunity. We live in a time of economic, environmental and social injustice, and yet it is our vocation to bring joy to the present and hope for the future. We seek to give meaning to Christ's teachings in a world where people are confused and afraid, sick and poorly educated, poorly housed, hungry, unemployed and underpaid, exploited in their youth and forgotten in their old age, mistreated because of their gender, race or economic status or under the threat of attack by war...We believe we have clear calling to be a light in this darkness.

Through a model of holistic community development, we seek to find ways that diverse groups can come together and form partnerships that minister to the needs of the whole person... in all his/her poverty of body, mind and spirit. Through the creation of partnerships that extend across race, gender, education, geography, and economic status, we are able to find creative, empowering alternatives to the imprisoning structures of poverty and ignorance...moving us ever closer to the end vision: that time when everyone's physical, spiritual, emotional, educational and communal needs are met, and peaceful means are used to resolve conflict.