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IN HIS EFFORT to define the church of the future Loren Mead makes this statement about community:

We need to belong—to be part of a larger world. The need to belong drives us to community, a place where we know we belong. It is also a place where we will be safe—a kind of “home base” in the world’s chaotic game of “tag.” It is a place where you are valued for what you are in yourself. All of this is wrapped up in the word community, and all of it is a mix of people and places, memories and values.¹

When access to existing communities is not available, marginalized people must seek to develop community for and among themselves. Where people are giving birth to a fresh, emerging Christian community, old barriers exist and must be overcome.