Welcome to Ithaka Fellowship's home on the web! Do you desire to enter more deeply into the intimacy of knowing God, others, and the created world? Do you long to be invited on a spiritual journey of transformation, an adventure of sorts, that will address the deepest places of your soul, and result in deeper connections with your neighbor, community, and the land?


If so, God's invitation to you is winsomely extended and made known through an abiding relationship with Jesus Christ (Matthew 11:28). In fact, here at Ithaka we regard union with Christ as both personal and corporate participation in the life of God through the indwelling work of the Spirit who unites our hearts in faith to Christ. In other words, just as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit relate to one another through mutual indwelling, our relationship with Jesus brings believers into an intimate fellowship with the Father, by the indwelling ministry of the Spirit. 


Cultivating this hidden life in God is the context for everything that we do at Ithaka. Why? Because we believe the mutual indwelling of God and believer is a reality that enables us to see that all of life is interrelated; that God’s passion for glory is to be our passion; God’s sacrificial love must be our best expression of service to humanity; God’s creative and redemptive plans for creation, culture, and acts of conscience must be worked out through our own Gospel imaginations and redeemed life choices.

In a fallen, post-agrarian, and secularized world, such a life in Christ is far from easy. Ithaka’s mission is simply to give people an opportunity to return once again to the land and see its harmony and glorious purpose through the eyes of the Creator. Our various events (The Table, Film Forum, Music Fest, GAP) and lectures are compassionate, yet, critical attempts to critique culture and offer a holistic and healing pathway through the confusion, with the wisdom of Scripture lighting the way for Christian living and spiritual transformation.

If you want to learn about the early days of this growing study center, check out Duane's interview below. Ithaka Fellowship is a partner member of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers,