Cultivating Neighborhood Shalom
Episode 8 - Pete Kelly on seeking shalom in apartment buildings
In this episode, Eric and Sara Joy talk with Pete Kelly, the CEO of Apartment Life, which is a Christian ministry that helps apartment owners care for residents by connecting them to relationships with others in their building. There has been a renewed interest in loving our neighbors within the Christian community over the past decade, but most resources are focused on how to love your neighbor in the context of detached single family homes. The question of how to engage neighbors in apartment buildings often remains. Pete shares how the team at Apartment Life has been working on this issue with some really interesting and effective strategies for building relationships among the apartment dwellers in our cities. Their ministry model is compelling as it also works as a business model.
Links to resources and terms from this episode:
Articles, Books, Media, & organizations
Missional Living Curriculum developed by Apartment Life
Videos featuring Apartment Life
- Atheist Property Manager Plants a Church
- Iranian Neighbor Accepts Christ
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
My Vertical Neighborhood: How Strangers Became a Community by Lynda MacGibbon
Key Terms
Affordable Housing
Belonging
Density
Hospitality
Missional Theology
Mixed Income Neighborhood