Our community is made up of people from all over the globe who are seeking to be a part of the loving evolution of Christianity and the world.
We believe that happens through the evolution of consciousness through participatory mystical practice in WeSpace groups and individually.
We believe that happens through empowered creativity seeking emergence and new spaces of deep connection and meaning.
We believe that happens through the radiant heart of love surging out to the world.
Have you ever felt lonely in your spiritual journey? Yeah, we did too.
OUR ORIGIN STORY
When Paul Smith and Luke Healy met in 2017, they found the spiritual soulmates they had been looking for their whole lives. “We believed we weren’t the only ones. We knew there were many more too.”
Integral Christian Network was born for those who are longing for others to share deeply and authentically in their spiritual journeys. We are a community for those wanting to talk about and experience the mystical realities and embodied love Jesus lived.
Jesus said, “I have much more to teach you, but you’re not ready for it yet.” We’ve been gathering those from all over the world who are ready for “the more”—and we’re discovering and living it together!
Our stories are many.
Here are a few:
CO-FOUNDER
Paul Smith (1937-2024)
Paul Smith is the co-founder of Integral Christian Network. As a Christian mystic and author, he was widely known for his books Integral Christianity and Is Your God Big Enough? Close Enough? You Enough?
Paul Smith lived his life with a passion for the ongoing evolution of Christianity and the world. He was uniquely attuned to what he heard as “the Spirit’s Call to evolve” in his personal life, in the communities he was part of, and in our world. He was always seeking “the more” from Jesus—and sharing what he discovered.
When Paul brought his gifts and lifelong learning to the founding of ICN, he infused this loving, radiating energy into the foundations of our community. Paul has now transitioned from being a founding elder to a founding ancestor.
His presence and energy of loving evolution continue from the other side. He shared shortly before his passing about carrying on his spiritual work:
“How marvelous this community is! ICN is becoming a powerful factor in the healing of the world. I couldn’t have imagined a community so open to evolving and being a beautiful part of transforming Christianity and the world. We have a great mission. And I plan to still be able to be a present guide and cheerleader from the spirit side. I’m excited to start practicing whole, bodyless mystical awakening!”
With grief and glory, I transmit all of Jesus that I know so dearly, and all the knowing that comes from spirit to each of you personally with my eternal love.”
CO-FOUNDER
Luke Healy
Luke Healy is the co-founder of Integral Christian Network and is a Christian mystic, gatherer, and spiritual pioneer. Here is his story:
My first powerful mystical experience came at a young age and from then on, I knew that God’s love could never be separated from me. As I grew up, I always had that inner connection of love that carried me through all of life’s circumstances. While the religious forms I grew up in provided structure and community, I always longed for more and better ways to live out this life-defining love, to express deeper devotion, and to cultivate meaningful growth.
Outwardly, I explored new forms and structures for spiritual life such as Lifegroups and house churches, until eventually starting a new monastic intentional community where I lived for five years. I came to the end of forms as the answer, and went out into “the desert” for a spiritual ego death.
Inwardly, for many years I read and searched for deeper expression and understanding among the mystics and philosophers. An inner space emerged that metaphorically represented my mystical journey through emptiness and an 8-year dark night. I came to the end of my mind as the answer.
Then resurrection. Awakened to new energy, new love, new ways of being.
The Integral framework has provided the map. The Christian mystics are pointing the way. My heart is alive with “the deep surge of love” as Teilhard de Chardin calls it.
I am passionate about pioneering pathways ahead for the Christianity of tomorrow. I am deeply compelled to gather, to bring together the scattered mystics and evolutionaries. I am profoundly grateful to be able to do this work of loving evolution, of meaningful connecting, of helping foster participatory and creative mysticism to bring about greater consciousness, freedom, and love.
The Work of Loving Evolution
We hope to be a part of the loving evolution of the Christian tradition, helping to bring it forth further into greater love and inclusivity.
We offer the most integrated form of Christian Mystical Practice available today. We are a fully inclusive community. We welcome people of all identities and self-definitions. We are a space of connection, support, and collaboration. We hope that you might find meaningful relationships with like-hearted spiritual seekers. We hope that you might find advice, affirmation, and loving support in your spiritual journey and integral Christian endeavors. We hope that you might even find collaborators who share a common vision, embracing one another in the creative work which is our act of worship.
