Presenter

Ched Myers

Ched, a fifth generation Californian, lives in Oak View. Over the past three decades he has worked with several peace and justice organizations and movements, including the American Friends Service Committee, the Pacific Concerns Resource Center and Pacific Life Community. With Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries he focuses on building capacity for biblical literacy, church renewal, and faith-based witness for justice. Ched holds a Bachelors degree in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkley (1978) and a Masters degree in New Testament Studies from the Graduate Theological Union (1984). He has served as adjunct faculty at Memphis Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Claremont School of Theology. Other schools at which he has recently taught include: Ecumenical Theological Seminary (Detroit), the Seminary Consortium on Urban and Pastoral Education (Chicago), Maryknoll School of Theology (New York), Loyola University (Chicago), Virginia Theological Seminary, Phillips Theological Seminary (Oklahoma), Pacific School of Religion (Berkley), Toronto School of Theology, Vancouver School of Theology, Churches of Christ Theological College (Australia), and Tamilnadu Theological Seminary (India). Ched travels throughout North America and abroad giving seminars and retreats, teaching, preaching, and facilitating gatherings. He works with Catholic, Protestant, and Anabaptist parishes and diocesan/denominational offices, as well as with ecumenical organizations. He is particularly committed to faith-based peace and justice efforts such as Christian Peacemaker Teams, Borderlinks, the Catholic Worker movement, Witness for Peace, and the Servant Leadership Schools.

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