Englewood Church is a 130-year-old church congregation on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis, IN (USA). Around the mid-1990s, the congregation transitioned to being intentionally locally rooted, with members deliberately relocating to be closer to the church. 80% of the congregation now live in the immediate neighbouring blocks to the church.
Whilst not technically an intentional Christian community, Englewood are an incredibly inspiring witness of how intentional community can be fostered in a congregational context - a rare blend of the intentional and institutional being married together in really quite cool ways! Their intentionality around love of neighbour and neighbourhood has also born awe-inspiring fruits.
Listen in to learn more about this hopeful, humble, energised, vocationally driven, church congregation with a huge heart for love of neighbour and neighbourhood community.
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[One of the two mics unfortunately ran out of storage 30min into the interview so apologies for the slightly inferior audio quality of the second half.]
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