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Brian McLaren is a prominent voice in the Emerging Church movement. Brian was recognized as one of TIME magazine's "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America." He is the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in Spencerville, MD.

Biography

Brian D. McLaren, born in 1956, graduated from University of Maryland with degrees in English (BA, summa cum laude, 1978, and MA, in 1981). His academic interests included Medieval drama, Romantic poets, modern philosophical literature, and the novels of Dr. Walker Percy. He is also a musician and songwriter.

After several years teaching and consulting in higher education, he left academia in 1986 to become founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. The church has grown to involve several hundred people, many of whom were previously unchurched. In 2004, he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity Degree (honoris causa) from Carey Theological Seminary in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Brian has been active in networking and mentoring church planters and pastors since the mid 1980's, and has assisted in the development of several new churches. He is a popular speaker for campus groups and retreats and a frequent guest lecturer at seminaries and conferences, nationally and internationally. His public speaking covers a broad range of topics including postmodernism, Biblical studies, evangelism, apologetics, leadership, global mission, church growth, church planting, art and music, pastoral survival and burnout, inter-religious dialogue, ecology, and social justice.

He is on the international steering team and board of directors for emergent, a growing generative friendship among missional Christian leaders, and serves as a board member for Sojourners and "Orientacion Cristiana". He formerly served as board chair of International Teams, an innovative missions organization based in Chicago, and has served on several other boards, including Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, and Off The Map.

Brian is married to Grace, and they have four young adult children. He has traveled extensively in Europe, Latin America, and Africa, and his personal interests include ecology, fishing, hiking, kayaking, camping, songwriting, music, art, and literature.

Bibliography

The Church on the Other Side (Zondervan, 1998)
Finding Faith (Zondervan, 1999)
A New Kind of Christian (Jossey-Bass, 2001)
More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix (Zondervan, 2002)
A Is for Abductive (Zondervan, 2002)
Adventures in Missing the Point (Emergent/YS, 2003)
Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives (Zondervan Emergent/YS, 2003) Leonard Sweet (General Editor), with contributors Andy Crouch, Brian D. McLaren, Erwin Raphael McManus, Michael Horton, Frederica Matthewes-Green
The Story We Find Ourselves In (Jossey-Bass, 2003)
A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished CHRISTIAN (Zondervan, 2004)
The Last Word and the Word After That (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
The Secret Message of Jesus : Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything (W Publishing Group, April 2006)

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 ==Biography==
-Brian D. McLaren, born in 1956, graduated from University of Maryland with degrees in English (BA, summa cum laude, 1978, and MA, in 1981). His academic interests included Medieval drama, Romantic poets, modern philosophical literature, and the novels of Dr. Walker Percy. He is also a musician and songwriter.
+Brian D. McLaren, born in [[1956]], graduated from [[University of Maryland]] with degrees in [[English]] (BA, [[summa cum laude]], [[1978]], and MA, in [[1981]]). His academic interests included Medieval drama, [[Romantic poets]], modern philosophical literature, and the novels of Dr. [[Walker Percy]]. He is also a musician and songwriter.
-After several years teaching and consulting in higher education, he left academia in 1986 to become founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. The church has grown to involve several hundred people, many of whom were previously unchurched. In 2004, he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity Degree (honoris causa) from Carey Theological Seminary in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
+After several years teaching and consulting in higher education, he left academia in [[1986]] to become founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, [[nondenominational]] church in the [[Baltimore]]-[[Washington DC|Washington]] region. The church has grown to involve several hundred people, many of whom were previously unchurched. In [[2004]], he was awarded a [[Doctor of Divinity]] Degree (honoris causa) from [[Carey Theological Seminary]] in [[Vancouver, BC]], [[Canada]].
-Brian has been active in networking and mentoring church planters and pastors since the mid 1980's, and has assisted in the development of several new churches. He is a popular speaker for campus groups and retreats and a frequent guest lecturer at seminaries and conferences, nationally and internationally. His public speaking covers a broad range of topics including postmodernism, Biblical studies, evangelism, apologetics, leadership, global mission, church growth, church planting, art and music, pastoral survival and burnout, inter-religious dialogue, ecology, and social justice.
+Brian has been active in networking and mentoring church planters and pastors since the mid [[1980's]], and has assisted in the development of several new churches. He is a popular speaker for campus groups and retreats and a frequent guest lecturer at seminaries and conferences, nationally and internationally. His public speaking covers a broad range of topics including [[postmodernism]], [[Biblical studies]], [[evangelism]], [[apologetics]], leadership, global mission, church growth, [[church planting]], art and music, pastoral survival and burnout, inter-religious dialogue, [[ecology]], and [[social justice]].
-He is on the international steering team and board of directors for [http://www.emergentvillage.com emergent], a growing generative friendship among missional Christian leaders, and serves as a board member for Sojourners and "Orientacion Cristiana". He formerly served as board chair of International Teams, an innovative missions organization based in Chicago, and has served on several other boards, including Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, and Off The Map.
+He is on the international steering team and board of directors for [http://www.emergentvillage.com emergent], a growing generative friendship among missional Christian leaders, and serves as a board member for [[Sojourners]] and "Orientacion Cristiana". He formerly served as board chair of [[International Teams]], an innovative missions organization based in [[Chicago]], and has served on several other boards, including [[Mars Hill]] Graduate School in [[Seattle]], and [[Off The Map]].
-Brian is married to Grace, and they have four young adult children. He has traveled extensively in Europe, Latin America, and Africa, and his personal interests include ecology, fishing, hiking, kayaking, camping, songwriting, music, art, and literature.
+Brian is married to Grace, and they have four young adult children. He has traveled extensively in [[Europe]], [[Latin America]], and [[Africa]], and his personal interests include ecology, fishing, hiking, kayaking, camping, songwriting, music, art, and literature.
 ==Bibliography==