These communities demonstrate that a shared mission of service, collaboration in daily affairs, and mutual honor and accountability makes a better world than is possible through competitive, technology-mediated relationships.

Communities cannot exist without an economic base. These use privately-owned businesses to maintain financial self-sufficiency and provide a platform for reaching customers, suppliers, government, and other stakeholders.  The community’s businesses sometimes take on services the government cannot provide adequately.  Governments favor entities that pay taxes while helping reduce social costs.

The ideal community is a testimony to the world of how people conduct themselves when they share a common covenant with their God.  Its members make decisions on governance, business, and mission in egalitarian ways that share rather than sequester. They do things together when possible; worship, study, pray, work, and fellowship because there is strength in numbers.