building beloved community
“JUSTICE AT ITS BEST IS LOVE CORRECTING EVERYTHING THAT STANDS AGAINST LOVE.”
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Inspired by the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Beloved Community is a place where injustice ends and love begins. According to The King Center, it is a society built on justice, peace, and harmony achieved through nonviolence.
Our journey toward a more just and loving world began in September of 2025 with a powerful sermon from Rev. Dr. David Barker. He invited our community to join our friends at Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley in their Building Beloved Community initiative. If you missed it, you can watch David's sermon here.
Our church has embraced a historic commitment to help provide leadership in the creation of the Beloved Community here in Longmont. We invite you to join this effort and help build a community rooted in love and inclusion. Everyone is invited to participate through learning, service, conversations and action. The Beloved Community Longmont seeks to bring people together to strengthen impact through collaboration and a commitment to peaceful nonviolent transformation. Learn more at the Beloved Community Longmont website.
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Learn more about the Six Principles of Kingian Nonviolence and
the Steps for Nonviolent Social Change here.
living the principles of nonviolence
2026 speaker series
Relive the inspiration. The 2026 speaker series with Beloved Community Longmont has concluded, but the journey toward Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Beloved Community continues. You can still watch the recordings of our local leaders exploring the six principles of nonviolence as they shared how they have lived these principles in their own lives—through advocacy, leadership, and courageous action.
People around the world are
pledging to Be Love.
be love pledge from the king center
I acknowledge three things:
( 1 )
The violence, oppression, inequity, injustice, and hate in our world has to stop.
( 2 )
I have a responsibility and role to play in creating social change
for a more just, humane, equitable, and peaceful world.
( 3 )
The decision is mine whether to do nothing in this moment,
or to have the courage to stand up for justice.
And I have made my decision.
Starting today, I make a personal choice to BE LOVE.
I pledge to allow love to drive my thoughts, words, decisions, and actions,
and honor the humanity of every individual.
I pledge to speak the truth to power in love.
I pledge to focus on defeating injustice and not destroying the person.
I pledge to support leaders who demonstrate a love for humanity.
I pledge to promote unity and refuse to perpetuate or magnify division.
I pledge to demonstrate a life of courage, care, and compassion
as I boldly confront anything that stands in opposition to love.
By signing this pledge, I’m helping to create what
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called
The Beloved Community.
For additional background and education, explore the principles of nonviolence
through the King Center’s Nonviolence365® online course.
Together, let’s build the Beloved Community.