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Clarence Jordan (July 29, 1912 – October 29, 1969) was an American farmer and New Testament Greek scholar, was the founder of Koinonia Farm, a small but influential religious community in southwest Georgia and the author of the Cotton Patch paraphrase of the New Testament.
Clarence Jordan was a strange phenomenon in the history of North American Christianity. Hewn from the massive Baptist denomination, known primarily for its conformity to culture, Clarence stressed the anti-cultural, the Christ-transcending and the Christ-transforming, aspects of the gospel.
Clarence Jordan (1912-1969) was a widely admired Bible scholar, speaker, writer and farmer. A Baptist minister with a Doctorate in New Testament Greek and a B.S. in agriculture, Clarence first gained a reputation as a preacher.
Clarence Jordan. Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 by Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England in 1942 as a “demonstration plot for the Kingdom of God.”
Born in a small town in Georgia in 1912, Clarence Jordan was troubled by the poverty he witnessed amongst the local sharecroppers. In college, he pursued a degree in agricultural science, hoping to help sharecroppers grow more abundant and nutritious food for themselves.
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Mar 11, 2005 · Clarence Jordan, a white Southern Baptist minister, cofounded Koinonia Farm in Sumter County and translated many New Testament books into the “Cotton Patch “ versions, colloquial interpretations set in the American South. Jordan committed his ministry to racial reconciliation and economic justice.
Mar 22, 2016 · In the 1940s, Clarence Jordan co-founded Koinonia Farm, a rural, interracial Christian community in Georgia, USA. Violent opposition and death threats from local segregationists did not deter them; in fact, the community still exists today.
Apr 12, 2011 · Clarence Jordan was the founder of Koinonia Farm (started in 1942) in Americus, Georgia and "grandfather" of Habitat for Humanity and The Fuller Center for Housing....
The Cotton Patch Gospels. Clarence Jordan brought the Scriptures to life with his Southern translations of the New Testament, his poignant sermons, and his inspired and insightful interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount and what it means to Christians today.
Oct 4, 2012 · Clarence Jordan, who died of a heart attack at the farm in 1969, would become known for his sermons, his colloquial “Cotton Patch” translations of the New Testament and especially for an uncompromising faith, encompassing not only a life-threatening commitment to racial equality but also to pacifism and living simply in community ...
