In 1982, the communities that had chosen to align with Word of God were federated into a unified, international association. In addition, it identified global trends presumed to threaten the community mission of building the Kingdom of God-Islam, communism, feminism, and gay rights." : 87 The training course was guided by a philosophy that imposed high demands on community members, and several members were effectively shunned for a failure to adhere to its principles, creating tensions within the community that would reverberate for more than a decade. Csordas, an anthropology professor, states, "Clark's course made minutely explicit prescriptions for proper comportment, gender-appropriate dress, child-rearing practices, and the domestic division of labor. īetween 19, Clark instituted a training course that relied heavily on the teachings of his 1980 book, Man and Woman in Christ. Throughout the 1970s, Martin, Clark, and other leaders traveled internationally, sharing about the charismatic renewal, and planting the seeds for intentional communities. Russ Bellant reports 100 members of the Servants of the Word, including Clark, in 1988, and describes the brotherhood as a "quasi-religious order". : 84 In response, within the same year Clark and Yocum founded the Servants of the Word, an ecumenical celibate brotherhood : 84 of men who committed to lifelong service of Sword of the Spirit communities around the world. In 1972, Suenens visited the Word of God community, endorsed it, and encouraged its international expansion. Ĭardinal Leo Joseph Suenens was a supporter of Clark, Martin, and other early leaders of the Catholic charismatic renewal. After some success bringing the Cursillo movement to a network of college groups, Clark and Martin experienced the charismatic renewal, which they began to write and teach about. Martin was a friend of Clark's, and the two of them had been deeply impacted by the Cursillo movement. : 80, 87 Clark was born in 1940, and studied at Yale University, the University of Freiburg, and the University of Notre Dame. Further information: Catholic charismatic renewal
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