Refugia Church: Seeking Deeper Purpose, Courageous Action, and the Healing of the Earth

Following her first book, Refugia Faith, this book draws on the concept of refugia, a biological term for places that survive severe disturbance in nature, adapt, and become the seedbeds of renewed ecosystems. Rienstra considers how this biological concept could serve as a helpful metaphor for Christians today: How can we act as people of refugia in the name of Christ, creating and nurturing life-giving places in a time of global crisis and unprecedented change?

The refugia model gives Christian groups encouragement and guidance by offering a different way to think about their role in the larger culture, their witness, and the vitality of the faith--its power to meet this difficult historical moment with the grace of God and the resources of our revitalized hope and renewed practices.