Prayers from the Salos: Meditations of the First Dasa of Oikos

by Dasa William Griffith, Alysyn Bourque (Editor)

Overview

Meditations of the First Dasa of Oikos Intentional Community, Reverend Dasa William Griffith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781517543662
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2015
Pages:	50
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.13(d)

About the Author

Rev. William Griffith (known as Will) was ordained and licensed in 2006 as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is a graduate of the United States Institute of Peace with a certification in conflict analysis and served on the War Crimes Committee and Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association in London.

He has been a radio host for more than a decade, and is a writer, lecturer, and is a member of the National Association of Christian Ministers, The Association of Clergy International, The Red Letter Christians Movement, Renegade Pastors Network, and The Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Rev. Griffith served as Senior Pastor of Evangel Pacific Ministries until resigning to lead the Oikos Intentional Community and The Bonhoeffer Academy. He lives with his wife, Rev. Alysyn Bourque, succeeded him as Senior Pastor of Evangel Pacific Ministries on March 31, 2015. He currently lives with his wife and their two children in Los Angeles.

Together with his wife - who is also Prioress of Oikos - Griffith took vows to observe the Twelve Marks of New Monasticism, and, together, they established the small intentional community of new monastics through Evangel Pacific. They also took vows of poverty, to observe marital chastity, and to adhere to a radical discipleship, ministering to the poorest of the poor and the homeless.

While founding the Oikos Community, a variety of names were considered for the leader of the community of new monastics. Rev. William Griffith chose the title "Dasa". The term had it's historical origins depicting the idea of 'enemy', but later acquired more submissive religious connotations, specifically denoting one's 'slave' or position of servitude.