The Order of the Black Sheep is a Christian community based in Chesterfield UK, committed to exploring and living out the gospel together.
Black sheep were traditionally considered undesirable, their wool of little value, even considered by some as a mark of the devil. They really want the order to be a home for the marginalised, those who feel maybe a bit like the black sheep of society, even the black sheep of the church.
It is slightly tongue in cheek and they don’t want to create a community of people moping about licking their wounds, more a community of people proud to wear their scars as a sign of God’s grace and healing.