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This is a list of intentional communities. An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision and often follow an alternative lifestyle.
After a long and complicated history of migrations in Eastern Europe, Hutterites arrived in America in 1874, forming three communities, that practiced community of goods, of which one was Bon Homme Colony, the mother colony of all Schmiedeleut Hutterites. Because of population growth, Hutterite colonies frequently branch out to form new colonies.
The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), formerly the Fellowship of Intentional Communities then the Fellowship for Intentional Community, provides publications, referrals, support services, and "sharing opportunities" for a wide range of intentional communities including: cohousing groups, community land trusts, communal societies, class-harmony communities, housing cooperatives ...
Founded by German religious separatists who wanted religious freedom in America. Old Economy Village: Pennsylvania George Rapp: 1824 1906 A Harmonites Village. The Harmony Society is a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785. Nashoba: Tennessee Frances Wright: 1825 1828 An abolitionist, free-love community ...
The emphasis on voluntary poverty and the community of goods in the beginning made it impossible to save money to buy more land in other locations. Therefore the community of goods was soon abandoned and the “Christian Community" could spread to other places. When Elmo Stoll died in 1998, there were five “Christian Communities”:
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Elmendorf Christian Community in Mountain Lake, Minnesota (founded in 1994, independent since 2005) [1] Fort Pitt Farms Christian Community in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada (independent since 1999) Grand River Christian Community in Jamesport, Missouri, United States (since 2014)
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