Ripple (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)

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Ripple, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA, is a diverse urban Anabaptist congregation that began in 2006 in the renovated farmhouse home of Tom and Carolyn Albright in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Allentown. In 2009 they sold their home and moved into the heart of Allentown.

After several moves the congregation has met Sunday afternoons at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in the downtown area.

The church began to meet in three smaller groups, with pastors sharing leadership in a rotation pattern – an idea that developed because of lack of space, but eventually became the congregation’s much-beloved format. The Church of the Tables, the Church of the Circles, and the Church of the Sidewalk each have their own unique feel. Worship services began with a short message, and then moved into discussion.

Ripple has been described as a restorative church. “In a restorative church...we measure by relationships and ripples. How are relationships forming and how is that spreading out into the community? It’s a whole different way of living, working and worshiping in the city.”

In 2016 the congregation's five pastors were all bi-vocational.

Bibliography

Jefferson, Lauren. "Ripple Church pastors find spiritual nourishment at seminary’s Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation." Eastern Mennonite University. 6 January 2016. Web. 1 October 2016. http://emu.edu/now/news/2015/07/ripple-church-pastors-find-spiritual-nourishment-at-seminarys-summer-institute-for-spiritual-formation/.

Additional Information

Address: 36 S. 8th St., Allentown PA 18102

Phone: 484-602-5038

Website: http://ripple-allentown.com/

Denominational Affiliations:

Mennonite Church USA

Franconia Mennonite Conference

Ripple Pastoral Leaders

Name Years
of Service
Tom Albright 2006-present
Carolyn Albright 2006-present
Ben Walter 2011-present
Angela Moyer 2012-present
Danilo Sanchez 2014-present

Ripple Membership

Year Covenanted
Attendees
2015 200

Map

Map:Ripple (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)


Author(s) Sam Steiner
Date Published October 2016

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Steiner, Sam. "Ripple (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. October 2016. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ripple_(Allentown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=136131.

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Steiner, Sam. (October 2016). Ripple (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ripple_(Allentown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=136131.



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