The Cotton Patch Evidence: The Story of Clarence Jordan and the Koinonia Farm Experiment

by Dallas Lee, Bren DuBay (Series Editor), Lenny Jordan (Foreword)

The story of Koinonia Farm and Clarence Jordan is as important today as it was in 1971 when Dallas Lee first recorded the history, shortly after Jordan's death. This is a story of the enduring witness of Christian communal living that continues to influence the faithful around the world. In 1942, Clarence and others set out to live as the early apostles, following Christ's teaching and sharing all things in common. Everyone was welcome. When word spread that a Negro farmhand shared their communal table, the consequences exploded fast and hard as the Ku Klux Klan came calling with bombs, gunfire, and boycott. This edition concludes with a new afterword by director of Koinonia Farm Bren Dubay that highlights the continuity of Koinonia's original mission today, despite all the challenges and changes since 1942.

274 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2011

Reviews

[Kathy Howells]

3 stars on the writing but 5 +stars for Clarence Jordan & the Koinonia concept— to try to live as Jesus taught!