Integral Church: A Handbook for New Spiritual Communities

Integral Church: A Handbook for New Spiritual Communities is a collection of prayers, meditations, songs and other tools for transformation from many of the world’s religions. This new revised edition for 2018 includes a history of Integral Spirituality, new essays, the Integral Church Facilitator’s Guide and an expanded appendix featuring wedding ceremonies (religious, non-religious and interfaith), memorial services, fatherhood and motherhood ceremonies, and other seasonal and life cycle rituals (including the Cosmic Dance). This handbook is perfect for clergy, healers, therapists, interfaith ministers, as well as those interested in developing their own spiritual practice or starting their own home church, study group or community using integral frameworks.

＂A pioneering document. It will go down in history as perhaps one of the first statements of this form of evolutionary spirituality. The handbook should be a manual for all of us.＂

- Barbara Marx Hubbard, Foundation for Conscious Evolution

＂Joran Oppelt has done his inner work as he pursues questions so many (alive and caring) church leaders are asking: Where is the younger generation? And what are the spiritual paths they are traveling with - or more likely without - the church?＂

- Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox (Creation Spirituality, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ)

Joran Slane Oppelt is an international speaker, author, interfaith minister, life coach and award-winning singer songwriter. He is the owner of the Metta Center of St. Petersburg and founder of Integral Church. Joran is the author of Sentences, The Mountain and the Snow and co-author of Order of the Sacred Earth (with Matthew Fox) and Transform Your Life: Expert Advice, Practical Tools and Personal Stories. Joran holds certificates in Religious Literacy (Harvard Online) and Sacred Storytelling (Multifaith Storytelling Institute). He has spoken around the world about spirituality and innovation at events like South by Southwest, Parliament of the World’s Religions and the Integral European Conference.