Bruxy Cavey
Bruxy Cavey | |
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| Born | Timothy Bruce Cavey February 21, 1965 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Pastor, author |
| Spouse | Nina Cavey |
| Parent(s) | Fred Cavey, Lois Mulligan |
| Religion | Christianity (Anabaptist) |
Congregations served | The Meeting House |
| Title | Teaching pastor |
| Website | bruxy |
Timothy Bruce Cavey (born February 21, 1965),[1] known as Bruxy Cavey, is a Canadian pastor and author. He is the teaching pastor at The Meeting House, one of Canada's largest churches. He is also the author of The End of Religion and "(re)union". Cavey is often a guest professor teaching university level courses around North America, particularly Tyndale University College and Seminary, Messiah College, and Fresno Pacific University Biblical Seminary. Cavey, along with Greg Boyd, have been instrumental in recent discussions of Christian nonviolence theology in North America.
Early life
Frederick Taylor Cavey (July 12, 1924) married Lois G. Mulligan (July 12, 1924), the couple had four children. Beverley born 1949. Stephen who was born 1952 but died at age 12 from cancer, Cathryn born 1956, and Timothy Bruce in Montreal, 1965. After his family moved to Scarborough, he was enrolled in People's Church Christian Academy. In the 1980s, Cavey participated in street evangelism. Preaching, acting out a skit, break dancing and performing art. Cavey started his own performing group, "4 Crying Out Loud!" with similar style to his street evangelism days.[1] During that time Bruxy was also pastoring Upper Oaks Community Church, which is now called The Meeting House.[2]
Education and work experience
Cavey attended York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. At Ontario Theological Seminary, now Tyndale University College and Seminary, he obtained a master's degree in theological studies. After seminary he worked for World Vision as a speaker, promoting and fundraising for the organization. In 1991, Cavey became the pastor of Heritage Fellowship Baptist Church in Ancaster after he had spoken there while promoting World Vision.[1] The church grew from under 200 to over 1100 attendees during his tenure.[citation needed]
The Meeting House
In 1997, Cavey became the senior pastor at Upper Oaks Community Church. The church grew over 35% annually and hired more pastoral staff, so Cavey transitioned into a teaching pastor role.[3] During that time the church's name was changed to The Meeting House to reflect the denomination's Anabaptist roots. By 2002, The Meeting House was overcrowded, and they had to set up an overflow area with a screen. Church members who traveled from neighbouring cities requested support to watch the service on a screen in their home town. A plan was set in motion to create The Meeting House's first regional site in Hamilton, Ontario. The Meeting House now has 19 regional sites throughout Ontario, each with their own staff and live music, showing Cavey's sermon from the week before at the main site in Oakville.[4] Cavey and the Meeting House have a broad international following through Cavey's Twitter, blog, and the church's free sermon resources including podcasts and downloadable videos of sermons and content.
Books
- The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus (2007) ISBN 1-6000-6067-6
- (re)union: The Good News of Jesus for Seekers, Saints, and Sinners (2017) ISBN 1-5138-0139-2
- The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus | Expanded Edition (2020) ISBN 1-5138-0550-9
References
- ^ a b c Schuurman, Peter (2016). Bruxy Cavey and The Meeting House Megachurch: A Dramaturgical Model of Charismatic Leadership Performing "Evangelicalism for People Not Into Evangelicalism" (PDF) (PhD thesis). Waterloo, Ontario: University of Waterloo. p. 88. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Cavey. "Caveys in Canada". The Cavey Family Worldwide Society. Jean-Lue Cavey.[unreliable source?]
- ^ The Meeting House. "Our History". The Meeting House. The Meeting House. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- ^ Brownell, Claire. "The sermon on the monitor: The new wave of evangelists who've turned preaching into a multimedia endeavour". Financial Post. National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
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- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Anabaptist ministers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- Anabaptist writers
- Canadian Anabaptists
- Canadian Protestant ministers and clergy
- Clergy from Montreal
- Living people
- People from Scarborough, Toronto
- Writers from Hamilton, Ontario
- Writers from Montreal
- Writers from Toronto
- Canadian male non-fiction writers
- Tyndale University College and Seminary alumni