The new one is owned by the local congregation of the Pentecostal Church Out of the château's common life, meetings and retreats an ecumenical community has been born,[1] though not a monastery as stated in some articles.

Proposals for a restoration of the interior were advanced principally by Sigurd Curman (sv), secretary of the Swedish National Heritage Board.

From 1996 on there are people from different denominations living a common life at the castle, praying, working and studying according to a simple rule.

Out of this common life of prayer together with the visitors at retreats and seminars given at the château a need for something "more" arose and this gave birth to the independent Ecumenical Community of Bjärka-Säby with its members scattered throughout Scandinavia though regularly returning to the castle.

The château also has a patristic library, as well as a side chapel that was built in the 18th century as a result of the devotion of the Pietist Lutheran Hedvig Ekman.