Dr. Friesen brings decades of missional pastoral experience to his role as Associate Professor of Practical Theology. He was the community-curate of an Eastside emerging simple church for more than 11 years. Formerly ordained by the Christian & Missionary Alliance, Dr. Friesen surrendered those credentials in solidarity with women seeking ordination. He is a liturgical Anabaptist with progressively Evangelical and emergent sensibilities actively seeking to root his faith practice within place while linking globally with others who are seeking to live into their contexts. You can read more about Dwight on his faculty bio page.
Nestled solidly within Esther Meek’s essay “The Other” is a profound dare to followers of the Jesus Way to relocate, maybe even rediscover, faith beyond reason.[1] Meek invites us to open to the real, to receive in the smile of the other an invitation to pivot from ideologies, anonymity, and abstractions and, in a loving […]
I wonder whether anyone who asks a question such as this, or anyone who responds to a question like this, isn’t already an evangelical? Historically, to be evangelical was to be characterized not by a specific church tradition or denomination, but by a passion for sharing the story of the good news of the saving […]