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john
is an active voice in the emerging/evolving community, and has
been an active voice for a number of years. he is
considered a "leader" in the emerging church
conversation, and is a dynamic, honest, up front
speaker. he has been called a "creative
futurist" and someone who should be heard.
he is a graduate from drew university,
with a masters in divinity. he has founded three
emerging communities, "the:water" [in las
veags], "praxis" [in las vegas], and "the
point" [in chicago] he understand the
emerging culture, because he lives in the emerging
culture.
john
is currently the lead pastor at 247connection,
one of the leading emerging communities of faith in the
southeast.
besides
being the founder of ginkworld, john also writes for a
number of other ezines, The
Ooze, dtour,
Next-Wave,
and others.
also, john has written for homiletics and other
publications.
John has spoken at several
major events and is available to speak concerning emerging leadership,
cultural shifts and reaching an emerging people.
Here
is what the National
Council of Churches has to share in their 2006
Year Book of churches:
"Scores
of EC proponents are using blogs to advance these
ideas and stimulate dialogue. Lindner says it is
not possible to generalize them into a predictable
demographic class, but she offers examples of prominent
EC bloggers: John O'Keefe, founder of www.ginkworld.net,
"an emerging/postmodern site exploring what
it means to be a follower of Jesus in today's
world;" Spencer Burke, former pastor,
founder of http://theooze.com
Web site, "dedicated to the
emerging Church culture;" Mark Driscoll,
founder of Mars Hill Church (www.marshillchurch.org)
in Seattle; Mark Pearson, founder of www.cityside.org.nz
in Aukland, New Zealand; and Karen Ward, founder
and pastor of the Church of the Apostles, http://www.apostleschurch.org,
in Seattle."
Other
Places www.ginkworld.net has been mentioned:
New
York Times
The
Wall Street Journal
Colleges,
Universities and Seminaries that have used
www.ginkworld.net, or an article by john:
Assembly
of God Seminary [second
link] [third
link]
Indiana
Wesleyan University
Drew
Theological [second
link]
Ashland
Seminary
tina, john's wife
the whole gang
(steve, heather,
tina,
veronica, john and lauren)
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