About

  • Education

    • Edina, MN public schools
    • A.B. from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire in 1990 (classics major)
    • M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California in 1993 (systematic theology/postmodern philosophy)
    • Ph.D. (A.B.D.) from Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey in practical theology; dissertation topic: the relational ecclesiology of the emerging church movement

  • Ministry Experience

    • 1990–1993: Junior High Director, Pasadena Covenant Church (CA)
    • 1993–1997: Executive Director, YouthWorks Missions
    • 1997–2003: Minister to Youth & Young Adults, Colonial Church of Edina (MN)
    • 1999–present: Volunteer Police Chaplain, Edina Police Department (MN)
    • 2005–2008: National Coordinator, Emergent Village
    • 2008–present: Theologian-in-Residence, Solomon's Porch (MN)

  • Ordination

    • Colonial Church of Edina, September 7, 1997 — National Association of Congregational Christian Churches

  • Periodicals & Chapters

    • "Liberated by Reality," Books & Culture, September/October, 1999.
    • "The Postdenominational Church," Youthworker, January/February, 2000.
    • "Post-Evangelicalism," Books & Culture, May/June, 2002.
    • "On Sabbatical," Youthworker, November/December, 2002.
    • "Toward a Missional Ministry," in Stories of Emergence: Moving from Absolute to Authentic (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003).
    • "Postmodernism Revisited," Youthworker, November/December, 2003.
    • "Inhabiting the Biblical Narrative," Youthworker, May/June, 2004.
    • "Choosing Church," book review, Christian Century, June, 2004.
    • "Renaissance Man," Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, May/June, 2006.
    • "Sparks Column," The Journal of Student Ministries, bi-monthly, 2006-present.

  • Lectures & Academic Papers

    • "Communicating the Gospel in a Postmodern Context," Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN (2000–2003).
    • "Discipling Postmodern Students," Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN (2000–2003).
    • "Bridging the Ancient and Postmodern Worlds: What the Desert Fathers and Mothers Have to Say about Youth Ministry," Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry (2003).
    • "Teaching Vocational Discernment to Young Adults," Princeton Theological Seminary (2003).
    • "Postmodern Youth Ministry," Topics Course, North Park College, Chicago, IL (2004).
    • "The Emerging Church: Initial Research Questions," International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry, London (2005).
    • "Youth Ministry, Adolescence, and the Postmodern Life Cycle," Princeton Theological Seminary (2005).
    • "Youth Ministry in the Context of Practical Theology," Bethel Seminary (2005).
    • "Empirical Research and the Tasks of Practical Theology," Association of Youth Ministry Educators (2005).
    • "The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church," Princeton Conference on Faith Practices (2006).
    • "Whence Hermeneutic Authority?" Wheaton Theology Conference, Wheaton College (2006).

  • Academic Teaching & Speaking

    • Alliance Theological Seminary
    • Azusa Pacific University
    • Baylor University
    • Belfast Bible College
    • Belmont University
    • Bethel Theological Seminary
    • Bethel University
    • Campbell University
    • Church Divinity School of the Pacific
    • Claremont School of Theology
    • Furman University
    • Hesston College
    • Houghton College
    • Luther Seminary
    • Mid-America Nazarene University
    • Mt. Vernon Nazarene University
    • Nyack College
    • Olivet Nazarene University
    • Pepperdine University
    • Princeton Theological Seminary
    • Southeastern Baptist College
    • Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
    • Southwestern College
    • Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
    • University of North Carolina-Greensboro
    • Wheaton College

  • Church Consulting & Speaking

    • Black Stump Festival (Australia)
    • Bon Air Baptist Church (Richmond, VA)
    • Brethren in Christ Churches (Lancaster County, PA)
    • Chattanooga Resource Foundation
    • Christ Community Church (Kansas City, MO)
    • Church of Ireland
    • Emergent Village
    • Episcopal Dioceses of Central Florida and Massachusetts
    • Evangelical Free Church in America Central District
    • Indianapolis Center for Congregations
    • Leadership Network
    • Mosaic Congregation (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
    • National Cathedral/College of Preachers (Washington, D.C.)
    • National City Christian Church (Washington D.C.)
    • National Pastors Convention
    • National Youth Workers Convention
    • North Park University and Seminary
    • Peachtree Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, GA)
    • Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry
    • Spokane Presbytery
    • St. David's Episcopal Church (Minnetonka, MN)
    • St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral (Memphis, TN)
    • Stellenbosch Gemeente (South Africa)
    • University Baptist Church, Waco
    • Washington D.C. Presbytery
    • Wheaton College
    • World Vision
    • Youth Leadership
    • YouthFront (Kansas City, MO)

Tony is the author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and is theologian-in-residence at Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis. A doctoral fellow in practical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, he is the author of many books on Christian ministry and spirituality, and he is a sought after speaker and consultant in the areas of emerging church, postmodernism, and Christian spirituality. Tony has three children and lives in Edina, Minnesota.

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