In this episode we talk with Elaine Heath, a United Methodist Minister and Author, serving as the Abbess of  Spring Forest, an intentional Christian Community and farm in rural North Carolina.

We talk about her book God Unbound, missional ecclesiology, the importance of lay leadership, and how she developed a passion for church history that inspires her innovative work today.

Books mentioned: Elaine's Book on Post-Christendom : God Unbound 

Elaine's book on the Mystics – The Mystic Way of Evangelism 

Books She's Reading: Who Do We Choose to Be By Margaret Wheatley 

Universal Christ by Richard Rohr

Today's episode brought to you by the Church Development Office at the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Macarray Bay" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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