WASHINGTON -- Sociologist William D'Antonio is halfway into a study of small Christian communities in the United States and what he's finding, he said, is "a network of non-power, a rather interesting ... what?"
The findings continue as a question: "An interlocking directorate of the Holy Spirit? Maybe that's what it is. Fascinating. So we're trying to understand exactly how these communities function."
He's discovered a Catholic pastor in Florida who learned Christian community concepts from an Assembly of God pastor in Korea; a likely close tie in many dioceses and parishes between small communities and evangelization; the Renew program as a progenitor wherever he sticks …