The Charismatic Communities Closely allied with the shepherding leaders was the movement to create charismatic communities where initiates could separate themselves from the world and live in a “covenant community” led by Spirit-filled leaders who would lead members into a life of devotion and separation from the world. The first of these communities was organized by Pastor Graham Pulkingham’s parish of the Holy Redeemer Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, in 1965. This was followed in 1967 by the