Clarence Jordan, founder of Koinonia Farm in Georgia, started a peanut farm and tried to run it the same way he thought Jesus would run it. He believed in a good wage for an honest day's work. He believed in taking care of the land and those who work it. And he believed that all people— black and white — could work together and stand together. It was the early 1950s, and his local Baptist church did not agree with his thoughts on racial equality.

One time, an agricultural student from Florida State University visited Koinonia Farm for the weekend. The student was from India, and said, "I've never gone to a Christian worship service. I w…