Meet Ben Katt of RePLACING CHURCH
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From Ben
Hello Friends of the V3 Movement!
I want to take a moment to introduce myself. First things first: I’m a follower of Jesus, a husband to Cherie, and a dad to Evie, Jackson, and Zara.
We live in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. I fell in love with Aurora Avenue on the east edge of Greenwood in Seattle, an old stretch of state highway lined with fast food joints, used car lots, and run down motels. It's a place where many neighbors are unhoused, exploited through prostitution, enslaved by substance addiction, and abandoned to mental illness.
In 2007, informed by these experiences, Cherie and I began the work of cultivating Awake Church. We gathered on Sundays, but our focus has always been to follow Jesus in the neighborhood as we live in proximity to one another. In 2011, Awake launched the Aurora Commons, a neighborhood living room and resource center.
In the spirit of Jeremiah 29, Awake has been committed to “seeking the peace and prosperity” of Aurora-Greenwood. We’ve rented and bought homes, planted gardens, shared countless meals, run a transitional housing initiative, created art, partied, protested exploitation, and so much more.
Place-based church planting made me I realize how critical it is to connect with other like-hearted practitioners. In 2010, along with Tim Soerens and Paul Sparks, I co-founded the Parish Collective which led to the Inhabit Conference.
[Read the rest of our story here]
About the Podcast
RePLACING CHURCH is one of the ways that I hope to help, challenge, and
encourage church planters and other church leaders as they try to
discern how to join the activity of God in their neighborhoods.Every Tuesday, we'll explore thoughts, share stories, and interview guests at the intersections of spirituality, community, and social change in our neighborhoods.
I’m thrilled to now offer the RePLACING CHURCH Podcast as a partner podcast of the V3 Movement, an organization with whom I share a common desire to equip leaders and communities that seek to join God in the renewal of all things in their particular contexts.
Start Listening Here
Episode 17: Dan White, Jr. of the V3 Movement | Missional Community Coach, Consultant & Author
Episode 28: Inhabiting Our Parish (Five Signs of the Parish Movement, Part 2)
Episode 8: The Innovating Church (RePlacing Church, part 2)
Episode 28: Inhabiting Our Parish (Five Signs of the Parish Movement, Part 2)
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