The teams who are a part of CRM's Orders collective draw from the inspiration of classic orders within the historical church. Under the covering of a broader ecclesial structure, traditional orders have fueled the expansion of God's kingdom purposes with creativity and innovation.
CRM's Orders are marked by a robust expression of community strengthened by a common spirituality that enhances the personal development and formation of our members. By God's grace, the result is sustainable, enduring mission in each of our contexts. As Orders under CRM, InnerCHANGE and Communitas hold to rhythms of common prayer, shared work, and a covenanted community life, integrating our intimacy with God and our common mission.
InnerCHANGE
InnerCHANGE is a Christian order among the poor.
We are communities of missionaries living in marginalized neighborhoods around the world. We seek to live out the good news of Jesus among the poor, both with words and deeds. Our teams aim to catalyze authentic movements of God's kingdom among the poor, model holistic ministry for the mainstream Church, and recall the broader body of Christ to God's tender heart for the marginalized.
InnerCHANGE releases apostolic missionary teams to live and serve among the poorest of the poor with the goal of seeing authentic, long-lasting community transformation. Our priorities include integral mission among the least and lost, the development of the range of our contemplative response to the world, and a prophetic engagement with societal structures on behalf of our neighbors.
In the coming years InnerCHANGE seeks to continue growing in size and reach by equipping and sending apostolic teams. InnerCHANGE seeks the strengthening of our existing teams alongside the development and deployment of new efforts among the global poor. In each of our settings our desire is for local and national leadership to emerge within our contexts as a key strategic goal.
InnerCHANGE teams serve in Bangladesh, Boston, Cambodia, Guatemala, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Oakland, San Francisco-Outer Circle, San Francisco-San Dimas, South Africa, Venezuela
Learn more about InnerCHANGE.
Communitas
Communitas is called to engage those beyond the reach of the Church.
Communitas is an apostolic order of missionaries living as counter-cultural intentional communities in cross-cultural neighborhoods in key cultural cities. We seek to live out the Good News of Jesus in a rapidly growing post-Christian western culture.
In Communitas, we strive to embody a holistic Gospel that gives “flesh” to the Words and truths of who Jesus is through our posture to serve, love, sacrifice, and relate in normal life with those who might never give a hearing to conventional church efforts. Our goal is simple — to expand the Kingdom of God. Together we commit to partnering with our neighbors and community in transforming our communities, relating and sharing our pilgrimage with people towards Christ, creating fresh expressions of Biblical faith communities (church) that are culturally relevant to our contexts, and empowering like-minded emerging leaders in fresh expressions and communities in our cities.
Communitas members presently live in three communities in New Orleans: Faubourg Marigny, Uptown Community, and Faubourg Bayou St. John. They also have a community in Valparaiso, outside of Chicago.
Learn more about Communitas.
