bLOGOS: The New Ekklesia Online
The EP webzine, Ekklesia Online, has been
transformed! Not only has it been renamed as bLOGOS
but Brian Volck, long the main contributor, has been
joined by a team of Thoughtful writers committed to
posting each month. In addition to Brian's
theologically-astute reflections, bLOGOS will
feature regular contributions from Tobias
Wainwright, James K. A. (Jamie) Smith, and Debra
Dean Murphy.
Click on bLOGOS
for recent reflections on Darfur, the Amish school
shootings, just-war assessments of the war in Iraq,
and the death penalty.
Meet EP endorsers
Michael Bowling is a new EP board member and is the
senior pastor of Englewood Christian Church in
Indianapolis, Indiana, where he has served for 13
years. In that time, he has helped lead the
congregation in building a community of faith that
reaches out to its neighbors to bear witness to the
Kingdom of God. A panel of Englewood members
participated in last summer's EP gather to
demonstrate how a congregation works together to
embody the convictions and virtues at the heart of
the EP
Michael and his spouse, Lisa are both originally
from Elizabethton, TN, and have been married for 31
years. They have four sons and nine grandchildren.
Michael also serves on one the pastor-scholar teams
in EP's Congregational Formation Initiative.
Gathering 2006
Gathering 2006, held in July at DePaul University,
was our largest yet, with 188 registered
participants and several guests. We rocked with the
Psalters, heard reports from congregations, and
reflected together on art, icons, improvisation, and
fasting. An online evaluation
form for the gathering is available at the EP
webzine: we would greatly appreciate feedback as we
plan for next summer's Gathering.
Gathering 2007 will focus on Congregational
Formation and the results of EP's Lilly-funded
program, the
Congregational Formation Initiative. The
gathering will again be held at DePaul: reserve the
dates of July 16-18, 2007.
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