LivingStone Monastery is a Christ-centered community of evangelical protestants who seek to follow Jesus Christ in an uncompromising, counter-cultural way.    As a neo-monastic community of men, woman, singles, and families we join together for a season of our lives to focus on constant prayer, life changing hospitality, spiritual formation, and service to the cities of Hampton Roads.

We have many friends and guests but those that formally commit to the LivingStone are called “workers”.  We are organized in three orders signifying the type of connection we have with the community.  First and Second orders live in shared living overseen by LivingStone.  Third order provide their own housing throughout the cities.  Check out the FAQ section for a peek into our everyday life.

The workers of LivingStone study and commit to a rule of life.  For centuries Christian Monastic Communities have banded together around a rule of life.  These “rules” weren’t rules like “do not touch, do not taste” but an ideal and a rhythm that we organize modern life around in order to radically follow Jesus Christ.  You can find out the details of our rule of life in that section of the website.. 

LivingStone was commissioned and continues to be under the oversight of Hope Community Church and its elders.  We value highly a connection to a larger local church body both relationship and in organization.
LivingStone's name was inspired by 1 Peter 2:4:

As you come to Him, the living stone - rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to Him - you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.