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The Intentional Community Podcast

The Intentional Community Podcast

By: Teel Short and Debbie Baumgartner
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Teel Short and Debbie Baumgartner are a part Jesus People, an intentional community of around 150 members in Chicago. They invite people to come and ask questions and discuss what intentional community is and how does it work within Jesus People's model of communal living. Also, hear from people who live in other intententional communities and what their experiences are living in an intentional community.

intentionalcommunitypodcast@gmail.com

jesuspeoplechicago.org

youtube @jesuspeopleusa

Facebook @jesuspeople

Copyright 2026 by Teel Short and Debbie Baumgartner
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Episodes
  • ICP Episode 1 - Joe
    Dec 3 2021

    Teel and Debbie sit down and talk with Joe, a barista who is employed at Everybody's Coffee, a coffee shop owned by Jesus People. Joe talks about working for a unique employer and asks about the scary prospect of living with a common purse and sharing finances in an intentional community.

    Everybody's Coffee https://everybodyscoffee.com/

    Teel Short and Debbie Baumgartner are a part Jesus People, an intentional community of around 150 members in Chicago. They invite people to come and ask questions and discuss what intentional community is and how does it work within Jesus People's model of communal living. Also, hear from people who live in other intentional communities and what their experiences are living in an intentional community.

    intentionalcommunitypodcast@gmail.com

    jesuspeoplechicago.org

    youtube @jesuspeopleusa

    Facebook @jesuspeople

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • ICP Episode 2 - Leslie
    Dec 3 2021

    Teel and Debbie talk to Leslie, a long time friend of Teel from North Park University, about living in Jesus People and explore family dynamics, finances and finding individule styles of worship in a communal church.

    Teel Short and Debbie Baumgartner are a part Jesus People, an intentional community of around 150 members in Chicago. They invite people to come and ask questions and discuss what intentional community is and how does it work within Jesus People's model of communal living. Also, hear from people who live in other intentional communities and what their experiences are living in an intentional community.

    intentionalcommunitypodcast@gmail.com

    jesuspeoplechicago.org

    youtube @jesuspeopleusa

    Facebook @jesuspeople

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    50 mins
  • ICP Episode 3 - Grace
    Dec 3 2021

    Teel met Grace in an intentional community room on the app Clubhouse. As a landlord, Grace, tries to foster a sense of intentional community with the tenants of her properties and they disuss the the role conflict resolution plays in successful intentional community.

    Teel Short and Debbie Baumgartner are a part Jesus People, an intentional community of around 150 members in Chicago. They invite people to come and ask questions and discuss what intentional community is and how does it work within Jesus People's model of communal living. Also, hear from people who live in other intentional communities and what their experiences are living in an intentional community.

    intentionalcommunitypodcast@gmail.com

    jesuspeoplechicago.org

    youtube @jesuspeopleusa

    Facebook @jesuspeople

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    1 hr and 16 mins
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