Wild Churches
RETURNING TO NATURE AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
In this age of mass extinctions and radical change, leaders of wild churches are compelled by love to invite people into intimate relationship with some of the most vulnerable victims of our destructive culture: the land, waters, and creatures with whom we share our homes.
A movement is emerging... Seeds of new Wild Churches are being planted all the time, offering invitations to reconnect with the natural world. As kin. As sacred. As beloved co-participants in a larger story of grace and inter-being.
From isolation to interconnection... Wild Church gatherings offer opportunities for connection and contemplation, grief and praise, movement and song, solo wandering and wondering, advocacy, ecological restoration and activism on behalf of and in collaboration with the beloved others in our watersheds.
Wild Church: gatherings to restore sacred relationship with Earth
Plant a Wild Church in your Soil
Join the Wild Church Network
If you lead or want to lead your community out of buildings and into deeper relationship with the sacred through nature, join the network. Our beloved communities includes the entire ecosystems in which we live.
A movement to restore sacred relationship with Nature
The Wild Church Network has been a support system for new and growing wild churches and their leaders since 2016. We've outgrown our wild seedbed and are ready to open to wider ecosystems! Wild Churches are revitalizing spiritual practices and what it means to belong and the Network is dedicated to supporting and growing this way of being and learning.
The welcome is wide to include seekers and those who are playing with new ways of being human in relationship with the land and creatures as a space to grow and learn together. We need each other in this time of so much breakdown and breakthrough. Joining the Network at this threshold of growth is important as we grow into a larger mycelial connection of support to meet the growing need.
JOIN the Wild Church Network for support, resources and relationships to start your own!
FIND a Wild Church near you to get involved!
REGISTER for our next 7-week Wild Church Leadership course for a dive into the rivers of what Wild Church is about to support you on your journey
DISCOVER events, connections, information and relating on our online platform - the Ecosystem - a space for eco-spiritual community.
SIGN-UP for our next monthly Intro to Wild Church call (via Zoom) to learn more and ask questions
BUY THE BOOK(S)! Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred and Field Guide to Church of the Wild are living companions on the way, with stories and samples of what Wild Church is (and isn't.)
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Ways to answer
the wild call.
Church of the Wild, winner of the Living Now Book Award, reminds us that once upon a time, humans lived in an intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with an unraveling vocation, identity, and planet, Loorz turned to the wanderings of spiritual leaders and the sanctuary of the natural world, eventually cofounding the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild.
Field Guide to Church of the Wild serves as a companion to a movement committed to restoring sacred relationship with Earth. With a wide-ranging collection of stories, rituals, and practical resources, its pages lead us toward prayer and mountain, ritual and wren, gatherings and forests.
A peek at Wild Churches
Stay up to date with the eco-spirituality movement & collaborate with others
Join The Ecosystem
The Ecosystem is an online hub of connection to rewild minds and spirituality. Join with others on the journey toward the reality of our interconnection with all of creation, a grounding for a wider ecosystem of belonging. Join us for free to access events, discussions, connecting around ideas like Celtic spirituality, belonging to place, creativity, and ecological justice. Wild Church members have access to a private space within the Ecosystem. If you're starting or want to start a Wild Church, follow this link.