A longtime pastor says the question used to be how can the church change the culture? Now, it's how do they change the culture of the church? Ways range from gardening to food giveaways to fire pits.
The"congregation" gathers on a Sunday morning in early November at the Battlefield Farm & Gardens in Knoxville, Tenn. Pastor Chris Battle, center, left the Baptist church and started the community garden and a free food delivery as a way to build community and"do church differently."
in Knoxville. They grow vegetables and sell them at a farmer's market. They also collect unsold produce from around the city and deliver it to people in public housing once a week.Battle says he left because traditional church was not connecting with people. He felt they were turned off by the sermons, the pitches for money, the Sunday-morning formality of it all.
Typically, Battle delivers a brief sermon on the teachings of Jesus. They talk about it. Then, instead of altar calls or holy communion, his congregation — such as it is — tends to the 50 raised beds of kale and eggplant, string beans and squash, tomatoes and greens, the chicken coop and the compost pile.
"We're trying to create this community that people can learn to love each other, and ultimately love the world and transform it. Through collard greens and okra!" he says with another hearty laugh. "And our community is finally getting the word that we offer high-quality produce that they can come and get for no cost," Hyde says."And it has been a game-changer for connecting with our community."Mike Belleme for NPR
Ascension's answer to this conundrum is to set aside Sunday evenings for non-churchy programs, such as. About 30 people sit on yoga mats on the terra cotta floor in the stately, hushed sanctuary that is softly illuminated by candles under the stained-glass saints.Participants lay on yoga mats on the floor of the soaring sanctuary of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, Tenn, for breath-work practice. The once-monthly evening event is called Breathing Under Stained Glass.
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