Dallas M. Lee 
The Cotton Patch Evidence 
The Story of Clarence Jordan and the Koinonia Farm Experiment (1942–1970)

The story of Koinonia Farm and Clarence Jordan is as important today as it was in 1971 when Dallas Lee first recorded the history, shortly after Jordan’s death. This is a story of the enduring witness of Christian communal living that continues to influence the faithful around the world.
 
In 1942, Clarence and others set out to live as the early apostles, following Christ’s teaching and sharing all things in common. Everyone was welcome. When word spread that a Negro farmhand shared their communal table, the consequences exploded fast and hard as the Ku Klux Klan came calling with bombs, gunfire, and boycott.
 
This edition concludes with a new afterword by director of Koinonia Farm Bren Dubay that highlights the continuity of Koinonia’s original mission today, despite all the challenges and changes since 1942.

About the author

Dallas Lee is retired from a career as a reporter, news editor, and speechwriter. He knew Clarence Jordan, interviewed him several times for articles, and lived at Koinonia Farm off and on for two years. He spent a year researching the Koinonia story, and later compiled for publication The Substance of Faith, and Other Cotton Patch Sermons by Clarence Jordan. Dallas lives in Atlanta with his wife, Mary Carol.