MWF is known as a safe place to experiment: a context in which curiosity, learning, growth, and faith are nurtured and failure is seen as part of the learning process. MWF seeks to explore theological theories “in the real world” before attempting to share them with the world. The MWF experiments provide opportunities for people to try and see.

Many people have translated their ideas into into practice through the MWF. Some of these ideas have lasted and some haven’t. All have created the wisdom from which the MWF teaches. These experiments are not intended to show what should be, but rather to inspire visions of what could be.

The MWF experiments share one common thread: forming community.

Current Experiments

• The Mix Kitchen - A fully equipped, commercial rental kitchen designed for culinary entrepreneurs located in White Rock United Methodist Church.

• Haw Creek Commons - A coworking and creative space, retreat house, and community space at Bethesda United Methodist Church.

• Isolation Relief Effort - A series of activities, video conversations, and other resources focused on helping people through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Completed Experiments

• Epworth Houses - Intentional Christian Community houses where people lived and prayed together while following a rule of life in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area.

• Ahadi Collective - An economic empowerment initiative with African refugees.

• The Mix Coworking and Creative Space - A hub for established and budding entrepreneurs and creatives while providing a affordable and collaborative work environment.

• The Julian Way - An intentional community that centers around those with, for, and by persons with diverse physical and developmental embodiments. In the Summer of 2020, founder, Justin Hancock, transitioned the Julian Way out of Missional Wisdom’s umbrella to expand the ministry and work.

• Foundry House - An intentional community experiment done in collaboration with Crossnore School and Children’s Home and Wake Forest Divinity School.

• New Day - An intentional community and house church instigated as one of the original experiments by Elaine Heath.