 The specific aim of each of these groups of people is to plant new communities in the desperate corners of the global fringe.They are artistic, international, ecumenical, contemplative people with a vision to see a flourishing of God's shalom.These outwardly oriented communities have been established in some of the highest poverty neighborhoods of the world, in places like Kolkata, India; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Caracas, Venezuela; and Los Angeles, California.