Cohousing: Eden community

Apr 28, 2018

Eden Community is a Christian cohousing community.
This case study will be interesting to anyone who
- wants to know how sociocracy meshes with Christian philosophy and practice, or
- who has interest in how an intentional community functions well with sociocracy.
- Sociocratic governance was chosen over consensus, democracy and single-person leadership following active research by the founders,
- This case study was written by Randall Johnson as part of his contribution to Sociocracy Leadership Training. Thank you, Randall!

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