This is our first draft:
The Josiah Community is a co-housing learning community, forming in the neighborhood of North Lawndale, Chicago, whose aim is to sharpen men and women in their quest to embody the gospel of Jesus through community, hospitality and transformational learning experiences.
The Josiah Community will be a place, a home, a safe haven, where those who desire to continue their journey toward understanding the social imperatives of the gospel will gather. For some, the Josiah Community will be a permanent home, a place where committed Christians will share life. Others will stay for a season while they engage in guided study and urban life experiences in temporary residence. Others will come for just part of a day to think, talk, and pray about what it means to follow Jesus in a world of contrasting cultures and economic disparities. Transformational learning will take place through culture circles, movie discussions, presentations from authors, artists, theologians and practitioners, and through sharing the challenges of life together in the city.
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Here is my vision of what this is. There are two distinct parts but they are intertwined.
There are maybe 45 residential units on the top three floors living in what is termed a cohousing community. see the cohousing link to understand what this means. They own their units and the common space on these 3 floors. They also have rights to the common house on the first floor, roof top garden, parking lot and grounds, storage in the basement and other things I can't imagine at the moment. They are probably organized under a condo type structure.
The second piece is the Josiah organization (501 c 3) that will own and operate the first floor common area and probably most of the second floor (hostel and short term housing). How this all works out has not been worked out yet and will take all you to figure out. All I know is that the combination is going to be powerful in advancing the kingdom!! It is going to be a transformational place, for the ones lucky enough to live there and for all those who enter in, even for a day. We keep hearing about the new church, the longing for community, what God is calling us to in this era. I believe this is where it's going to be lived and worked out and I am so excited and honored to be a part of it!!! So, what is stopping you from being a part of it?
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