Presbymergent Leadership
We believe in shared leadership, especially for this blogging project here at Presbymergent. Below you will find short bios for the 7 Editors of Presbymergent.

Jim Bonewald
A 2005 graduate of Dubuque Seminary, Jim is a Presbyterian pastor serving a small congregation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In his life before the pastorate, he lived and worked in New Orleans in various management positions in both health care and university settings. Jim is married to his wife Lori who is also a minister in the PC(USA). He enjoys reading, biking, and is currently working to improve his photography skills having committed to take and post a photo a day on his blog for an entire year.

Jan Edmiston
Jan Edmiston was raised in Chapel Hill, NC and has degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill, Andover-Newton Theological Seminary, and Columbia Theological Seminary. She is a lifelong Presbyterian with occasional forays into non-denominational churches. She was pastor of a small church in Schaghticoke, NY out of seminary, and since 1989 she’s served Fairlington Presbyterian Church Alexandria, VA. Her family includes one husband and three children in Arlington, VA. She blogs at A Church for Starving Artists and she’s a contributor for “Ask the Matriarchs” at RevGalBlogPals.

Neal Locke
Neal Locke has spent the past decade working with young people, both as a high-school English teacher and as director of youth and music ministries at Faithbridge Presbyterian, a new church development of Grace Presbytery, in Frisco, Tx. He is an avid follower of pop-culture and technology, a Wikipedian, open-source fanatic, forgetful (but loving) husband, and a playful father. His blog can be found at www.mrlocke.net.

Karen Sloan
Growing up at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church fostered a meaningful personal relationship with Christ, but it was only when I went to Fuller seminary that I began to understand what being Presbyterian meant. For my Fuller years I was active at a small multi-ethnic Presbyterian church that was going through a process of Appreciative Inquiry. This past fall I was ordained to working in campus ministry and my first book Flirting with Monasticism was published. When I came across Emergent about three years ago I was overjoyed to connect with other people asking similar questions, and keep returning to Emergent for more conversations. That’s some of Presbymergent me – thank you for asking.

Seth Thomas
Seth Thomas is active at First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham, WA, where he works on staff at the INN University Ministries. The INN serves the college community of Western Washington University, helping students experience community, engage in leadership, and transition into adult expressions of faith. Seth is an avid reader, web designer, home brewer, and is married to a wonderful elementary school teacher named Stacy.

Adam Walker Cleaveland
Adam Walker Cleaveland is an M.Div./M.A. (Youth Ministry) graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary as well as a contributing author for the book, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Adam blogs regularly at pomomusings.com & presbymergent.org, and does web and graphic design at cleave design. Adam has been actively involved in two Presbyterian (PCUSA) camping ministries and served as a Director of Youth Ministries at Living Waters Presbyterian Church in Wendell, ID for two years. Adam is a Candidate in the Presbyterian ordination track and is a member of the Emergent Coordinating Group and the presbymergent Coordinating Group. Adam and his wife Sarah are moving to the Berkeley area and Adam can be contacted at cleave@gmail.com.

Brian Wallace
Brian Wallace is a computer scientist/physicist turned pastor with a passion for youth ministry and alternative worship. He graduated from Grove City College and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and serves as Associate Pastor for Youth and Outreach Worship at Hampton Presbyterian Church, about 12 miles north of Pittsburgh. There his responsibilities include the Jr and Sr High ministry as well as turningpoint, an alternative approach to Presbyterian worship within a 200 year old congregation. Outside of work Brian enjoys running, messing around with computers, and watching sports of all types - but especially Buffalo Sabres hockey and Syracuse Orange basketball.

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