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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Koinonia Farm
		Koinonia Farm was about to close when new leadership and new ideas revived it.
		Koinonia continues to operate the mail-order business and the farming enterprise, which it revived after the boycott lifted in the late 1960s.
		Koinonia still operates as a nonprofit organization, and its legacies of Habitat for Humanity and Jubilee Partners continue to address issues of human suffering around the world.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1592 (911 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Clarence Jordan (1912-1969)
		Jordan decided to incorporate his agricultural training into his ministry and established Koinonia Farm as a Christian community in which members pooled their resources into a common treasury and treated all persons as equals, regardless of race or class.
		Koinonia also endorsed pacifism, a practice that made the community a target during World War II (1941-45).
		The farm's racially integrated working and living environment also invited such severe violence, prosecution, and economic boycott during the Jim Crow era of the 1950s that the community became nearly dormant.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1607 (791 words)

	Farm History
		Tolstoy Farm, for example, deliberately built on its founder's affinity for the community-oriented ideas of Tolstoy and Gandhi; the first residents of Drop City all had family ties to communal or collective traditions and deliberately built an art colony, thus becoming part of another pathway in communal history.
		Koinonia was founded by the Southern Baptist preacher Clarence Jordan as a place where fls and whites could live together harmoniously, and Jordan soon became interested in exploring the beliefs and lifestyles of other communal groups.
		Koinonia, in turn, helped link the older communal traditions with the hippies; many would-be hippie communards flocked to the Georgia farm, which received sympathetic coverage in many of the surveys of hippie communes.
	www.thefarm.org /lifestyle/root1.html (3828 words)

	Briars in the Cotton Patch
		Koinonia Farm is significant for its stand against racial segregation more than a decade prior to the Civil Rights Movement.
		Koinonia, an interracial Christian community in Sumter County, Ga., and its founder Clarence Jordan became the target of the local white community’s hatred and violence because of beliefs in racial equality.
		Koinonia would endure years of bombings, shootings and economic boycotts – including attacks by the Ku Klux Klan – to become the birthplace of the worldwide movement of Habitat for Humanity.
	www.briarsdocumentary.com /pressroom.html (1070 words)

	Habitat for Humanity Int'l
		The concept that grew into Habitat for Humanity was born in the USA at Koinonia Farm, a small, interracial, Christian farming community.
		Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 outside of Americus, Georgia, by farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan and others to promote racial reconciliation.
		At Koinonia, Jordan and Fuller developed the concept of "partnership housing" where those in need of adequate shelter would work side by side with volunteers to build simple, decent houses.
	www.habitat.org /ap/habitat_history_detail.aspx?print=true (624 words)

	The Incarnation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Anyone willing to abide by the founding principles of Koinonia farm was welcome to join the two men and their families.
		Koinonia Farms provided Sumter County residents with a local example of the changes they feared within southern culture; therefore, Koinonia became the target for their anger and hostility.
		Thus, Koinonia Farm was, in Jordan’s mind, the logical outcome for Christians who wanted to be a part of the continuing incarnation.
	www.clarencejordan.org /new_page_1.htm (5851 words)

	Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Koinonia, the Greek word for "community", was a commune-style Christian group organized under the principles of racial equality and non-violence.
		The community eventually grew as the Jordans and their neighbors farmed and ate meals together, formed friendships, attended Bible studies and summer youth camps.
		Millard and his wife Linda first stepped foot on Koinonia Farm several years earlier after the threat of a failed marriage caused the couple to recommit their lives to God and to donate their wealth.
	www.nashabitat.org /ClarenceJordanAward.cfm (844 words)

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		Koinonia Farm began in 1942, when Clarence and Florence Jordan and Mabel and Martin England came to Sumter County, Georgia to live out the teachings of Jesus amidst the poverty and racism of the rural South.
		Throughout the 1950s and early 60s, Koinonia remained a witness to nonviolence and racial equality, as its members withstood firebombs, bullets, KKK rallies, death threats, property damage, excommunication from churches, and economic boycotts.
		Koinonia is a place filled with history, much of which is documented in newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles.
	www.koinoniapartners.org /History (905 words)

	News \| TELEVISION REVIEW: Briars in the Cotton Patch: The Story of Koinonia Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Trouble arose when the farm began paying area fl workers the same as whites, forcing other farmers to pay more and earning their enmity.
		The segregated schools for fls were so bad that Koinonia sued the local school district to get its white children into the white high school, only to watch their teen-agers endure four years of harassment and ostracism.
		By the late 1960s the Koinonia Community had dwindled to two families, but the arrival of Millard and Linda Fuller in 1968 brought new vitality to the farm.
	www.reporterinteractive.org /news/010505/tv010505.htm (1031 words)

	Fair Grounds Newsletter from Cafe Campesino
		Koinonia and Café Campesino are good neighbors and friends.
		Koinonia is a Greek word meaning "community" or "fellowship." The word is oft repeated in the Christian scripture in reference to the fledgling church.
		Today Koinonia remains committed to living in community, providing hospitality to visitors and neighbors and working for social justice around the globe.
	www.cafecampesino.com /fairgrounds/0606/koinonia.html (498 words)

	a ‘chasm’ no one can cross - page 2
		“Koinonia was a beacon for those who believed in racial equality,” said former president Jimmy Carter, who lives some 15 miles from Koinonia in Planes, Georgia.
		However, there were regular beatings as Koinonia members ventured to town and were met by bigoted toughs with brass knuckles, and the like.
		Amidst the boycotts of Koinonia’s farm produce, the protests and the violence, offers were made to Clarence Jordan to sell the property.
	www.voteforjoe.com /columns/chasm.html (703 words)

	Briars in the Cotton Patch
		One of the most challenging times for Koinonia Farm was during the late 1950s when residents faced down terrifying acts of violence, persecution and terrorism.
		Koinonia was a constant target of the Ku Klux Klan and the white power structure of Sumter County.
		The Koinonia "Fund for Humanity" is established to raise funds for new initiatives referred to as "partnership housing, farming and industries."
	www.briarsdocumentary.com /overview.html (1470 words)

	Koinonia
		The Koinonia Wilderness Youth Camp programs are designed to help youth grow in their relationships with… each other, God, and the natural environment.
		Koinonia is accredited by the American Camping Association.
		Koinonia staff will meet youth campers at the Hoboken train station and accompany them to the Port Jervis stop.
	www.koinoniany.org /summer.htm (1313 words)

	Grant Abstract
		For more than fifty years, Koinonia Farm and its members have sought to overcome an oppressive racial and economic system in rural southwest Georgia that perpetuates bifurcation of fls and whites and that, they believe, has no foundation in the Christian Gospel.
		As an alternative, Koinonia presents itself as a model, an example of what the Kingdom of God will be like when racial and economic barriers fall and common sharing and interracial living are standard.
		Koinonia’s leaders moved from an early paternalism that inhibited any real progress to more recent approaches that incorporate local African Americans fully into the community.
	www.louisville-institute.org /secondary/abstract.asp?id=219 (156 words)

	Koinonia Partners
		In 1942, he began an experiment in racial reconciliation on a farm near Americus, Georgia, which became the target of local white hostility.
		Called Koinonia, the community thrives today, steeped in the legacy of Clarence's commitment to the partnership of fl and white, poor and rich.
		Koinonia is a Christian farm community founded in 1942 by Clarence Jordan author of the Cotton Patch Gospels.
	www.koinoniapartners.org /History/Scandal.html (1098 words)

	The Simple Life
		Entitled Briars in the Cottonpatch: The Story of Koinonia Farm, the project was a personal odyssey for documentarian Faith Fuller, who dedicated nearly four years of evenings and weekends to research, write, shoot, and edit the video.
		Throughout the '50s and '60s, members of Koinonia were targets of firebombs, bullets, frequent Ku Klux Klan rallies, death threats, property damage, excommunication from churches, and economic boycotts.
		Despite Fuller's connection with Koinonia, the video is a balanced retelling of the farm's history, weaving archival news footage and photographs with Betacam footage of interviews with nearly 40 people.
	digitalcontentproducer.com /mag/video_simple_life (685 words)

	Koinonia Partners
		They called this adventure Koinonia, from the Greek word which was used to identify the early church in Acts, which pooled its resources and shared the life of Jesus Christ in an atmosphere of reconciliation.
		Clarence stated at a community meeting that he felt he had been committed to the principles of the community, but what was needed was a personal commitment from the members to one another, a sharing of their lives that went beyond possessions and included sharing in the Spirit.
		While the pecan business, the farming, and housing construction are the major industries, handcrafts, pottery, solar-energy work, and a food co-op also consume the time of some of the local people and the community's 25 adults.
	www.koinoniapartners.org /History/Dream.html (4284 words)

	Cross Currents: Interracialism in a Christian Community in the Postwar South: The Story of Koinonia Farm - Review
		Established in 1942 by two white couples, Koinonia Farm initially mirrored many New Deal programs, adding a strong dose of Christian fellowship to its community education and outreach programs, while laying the foundation for "living in community" on the farm.
		Still, the founders of Koinonia Farm initially received tentative acceptance from white Christians in the county.
		In the mid-1960s the farm survived hostility, violence, and economic boycott.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2096/is_4_48/ai_54064327 (546 words)

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		Koinonia is a Greek word meaning "fellowship" or "community." It was and still is an intentional Christian community seeking to express in daily life the practical content of the Gospels, especially the "Sermon on the Mount." Koinonia's founder, Clarence Jordan, emphasized the practical application of the Gospel message.
		The Koinonia community carried on relationships with their fl neighbors in the 1940s and '50s long before the problem of segregation reached the national consciousness.
		Koinonia is also involved with providing housing for those who cannot pay mortgages for decent shelter.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jim_forest/korban.htm (836 words)

	Clarence Jordan and the Left Hand of God
		The program at Koinonia continued to deteriorate and by 1968, Jordan was ready to leave the farm and considered giving it away when, by chance a wealthy businessman looking to change his life stopped by to visit a visitor.
		Knowing that Jordan would consider that a ridiculously unnecessary expense, Fuller put him in the car and drove to town where he endured a scolding for having moved the body and a several-hour wait for the coroner to pronounce that Clarence Jordan, at the age of 57 was, in fact, dead.
		He was driven back to the farm, placed in a box in which a refrigerator had been delivered, and buried in an unmarked grave on the property.
	www.uuquincy.org /talks/20061015.shtml (2770 words)

	WUNC \| 91.5fm \| the state of things \| Audio Archive
		Koinonia Farm: In 1942, Georgia native, farmer and preacher Clarence Jordan had a vision.
		He bought 400 acres of farmland in southwest Georgia and began a Christian community where fl and white families farmed side-by-side, broke bread at the same table, and were paid the same wages.
		A PBS documentary on Koinonia Farm, “Briars in the Cotton Patch,” airs on UNC-TV this weekend.
	www.ibiblio.org /wunc_archives/sot/index.php?m=20050210 (357 words)

	The Simple Life
		Throughout the '50s and '60s, members of Koinonia were targets of firebombs, bullets, frequent Ku Klux Klan rallies, death threats, property damage, excommunication from churches, and economic boycotts.
		Despite Fuller's connection with Koinonia, the video is a balanced retelling of the farm's history, weaving archival news footage and photographs with Betacam footage of interviews with nearly 40 people.
		Although the violent events of Koinonia's past are more than four decades old, Fuller discovered that for many people connected to the farm, the wounds have not healed.
	videosystems.com /mag/video_simple_life (676 words)

	The Albany Herald - Headlines Archives
		All of Koinonia's residents work on the farm's peanut fields and pecan orchards, which supply nuts for its mail-order business specializing in homemade candies and pies.
		Koinonia's white children were considered "tainted" because of their association with fls.
		The farm's mission attracted millionaire-businessman Millard Fuller and his wife, Linda, who gave up their wealth and moved to Koinonia in the late 1960s.
	www.albanyherald.com /frontsarchive/2004/0204/front020804.html (1333 words)

	Koinonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Koinonia recommends that youth groups use a health/permission form signed by parents.
		Pets should be on a leash when outside, and should not be brought to the Koinonia farm.
		Koinonia staff are happy to provide programming for youth and adults for your retreat as requested.
	www.koinoniany.org /guidelines.htm (706 words)

	Communities Directory: Koinonia
		Koinonia was founded in 1942 by farmer and theologian Clarence Jordan, survived persecution in the 1950s-1970s for its interracialism and pacifism, and went on to become the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity International and other social justice organizations.
		Our 573 acres of land in rural Georgia are home to pecan orchards, organic gardens and fruit orchards, a museum, woodshop, dining hall, chapel, residences and two nearby neighborhoods built by Koinonia, and wooded areas including a Peace Trail.
		We are also sustained by donations, farm revenues, and the labor and prayers of our community and its supporters.
	directory.ic.org /records/?action=view&page=view&record_id=647 (522 words)

	The Real Georgia - Attractions
		His mother was a nurse who dedicated her time to the poor and his father ran a farm and a small country store.
		Koinonia Partners is a Christian community and farm open to people of all faiths.
		Founded in 1942 by the farmer-scholar Clarence Jordan, the racially integrated farm suffered boycotts, bombings and bullets during the years of segregation.
	www.therealgeorgia.com /attractions.html (1052 words)

	Welcome to Koinonia Farm founded by Clarence Jordan
		Koinonia is a Christian farm community founded in 1942 by Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England.
		Koinonia welcomes all people to visit, and does not discriminate on the basis of age, religion, race, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any thing else that has been used to separate people.
		Koinonia Farm - 1324 GA Hwy 49 S - Americus, GA 31709 - 229-924-0391
	www.koinoniapartners.org (186 words)

	Brevard College - Religious Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In April, 15 Brevard College students along with five faculty and staff members spent a weekend at Koinonia Farms, the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity.
		Koinonia is a Christian farm community in Americus, Ga. that was founded in 1942 by Clarence Jordan, author of the “Cotton Patch Gospels.” Located on 550 acres of woods, pecan orchards, and vineyards, Koinonia welcomes all faiths and volunteers to explore elements of the Christian faith in ongoing programs.
		The people we learned about this weekend, both at the farm and at Habitat has such levels of commitment to completely change their lives and the lives of those around them.
	www.brevard.edu /life/koinonia_experiences.asp (1329 words)

	History of Habitat For Humanity
		The concept that grew into Habitat for Humanity International was born at Koinonia Farm, a small, interracial, Christian farming community founded in 1942 outside of Americus, Ga., by farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan.
		The Fullers first visited Koinonia in 1965, having recently left a successful business in Montgomery, Alabama, and all the trappings of an affluent lifestyle to begin a new life of Christian service.
		At Koinonia, Jordan and Fuller developed the concept of "partnership housing" -- where those in need of adequate shelter would work side by side with volunteers to build simple, decent houses.
	www.olypen.com /dvhfh/page13.html (610 words)

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