Anton Flores-Maisonet left his tenure-track faculty position at LaGrange (Ga.) College in 2008 for a risk-taking venture of faith that would lead him, his wife, Charlotte, and their family into a life of solidarity with immigrants from Latin America in LaGrange.

Not quite knowing what would come next, he co-founded the Alterna Community, a bilingual Anabaptist community of U.S. citizens and newcomers from Latin America that incorporates cooperative housing and covenanted Christian fellowship.