​In a nutshell...

Walker Center is a nonprofit education and retreat center and residential complex. 

We support and develop transformative and creative educational efforts which promote a more just and peace-filled world.

We focus our work on nonprofit organizations, faith leaders, and faith-based and interfaith communities.

Our 150 year history as a "house of hospitality" and our inviting 2.2 acre campus offer a unique and potent space for learning and living together.
 

​Our Mission and Vision
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​Walker Center's mission is to foster ecumenical and interfaith communities where people are educated and empowered to work for peace and justice. 

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We pursue this mission, aiming towards the great vision of beloved community, embracing all of creation.
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​What We Do
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We do a lot of things at Walker Center! But we focus on four primary areas:

1) provide support and accommodations for conferences and retreats on behalf of other nonprofit organizations and partners

2) develop programs, workshops and retreats for faith leaders

3) provide intentional community housing and programming for interfaith graduate students

​4) host the general public and those in need of short-term accommodations at our inn.

Core Values

We believe 

in embodying and promoting the spirit of welcome
that has always imbued this sacred place.


In that spirit, we believe that creating opportunities for inclusive, vibrant community 
is vital to human flourishing today.


We believe that  
when people learn and grow together in such community,
powerful things can happen. 


And we believe that such learning and growing should be
holistic,
creative,
empowering,
fun,
and should activate rather than hinder our critical thinking about the world.


We believe that peoples of all faiths need each other, today more than ever.
That the world needs peoples of faith to work together, today more than ever.


We hope that Walker Center will continue to be a place where 
connections can be made,
relationships can be forged,
resources and skills can be developed,
spirits can be inspired,
faith commitments can be deepened, 
hearts can be opened,
and revolutions can be launched...

all for the sake of that which binds us all together. 
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