I am married to the amazing Brooke Evans. We have two amazing kids. I live in the South Park neighborhood of my hometown San Diego, CA. There, I live with some of my best friends at the Hawthorn House and play music with some other friends in a band called Snake Babies. I am a co-founder of The Ecclesia Collective, work with the Center for Anabaptist Leadership and am a MA student at Fuller Seminary.
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Trolley Raid
By Jason Evans
Posted in Borderland, Events, San Diego on 22 May 2009
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“yesterday morning, as one of my 16 year old female students waited at the Old Town trolley station to go to school, she was approached by border patrol agents and asked for “papers” – she showed them her school ID and explained that she was on her way to school, but she was continually harassed [...]

Review: What Is Church?
By Jason Evans
Posted in Featured, Reviews on 11 May 2009
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In the introduction to his first book, What Is Church? A Story of Transition, Mike Bishop writes, “The purpose of this book is not to try to answer that question in an academic sense. Nor is it an attempt to present a model for doing church…”
Well, geez, Mike! What is left for there to tell [...]

Blessed Are The Peacemakers
By Jason Evans
Posted in Featured, Workshops on 11 May 2009
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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9
“How desperately we need peacemakers! We need them not only in places where wars are being fought or might be fought bu in each household, each church, each parish. Even the best and most vital parishes often suffer from deep divisions. And [...]

Questions about Recent Update
By Jason Evans
Posted in General on 9 April 2009
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We thought it appropriate to address some of the questions that have come up in response our recent update. Feel free to get in touch with us if we do not address any questions or concerns you might have.
Does this mean that the Collective is going to stop?
No. Far from it. As we said in [...]

April Update
By Jason Evans
Posted in General on 9 April 2009
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Friends,
It’s been a while since we sent out a newsletter. The reason for the delay was due to some big decisions being made. Last year, Brooke and I committed full time effort towards helping the Collective grow. It has been an amazing season. But like all seasons, this one must end. We have both decided [...]

Apr 18 – James Carroll
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events, Jesus' Politics on 3 April 2009
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Join James Carroll, award-winning author of the bestselling Constantine’s Sword–also made into a documentary film–as he presents a free lecture entitled “The Story of American Belief: Catholics, Protestants, and Jews,” based on his new book, Practicing Catholic.

Practicing Catholic looks at America’s impact on the world’s most influential church. The author’s unique position within American Catholicism–he [...]

The Freeze Project San Diego
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 9 March 2009
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Mar 18-20 – Dr. Amy Oden at PLNU
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 6 March 2009
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ec on twitter
By Jason Evans
Posted in General, Soul Food on 3 March 2009
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The Collective now has a group Twitter. So, feel free to follow us on Twitter and if you’d like to contribute, send us a tweet at @ecclesiacollect.

Your Feedback…
By Jason Evans
Posted in General on 2 March 2009
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For those of you that attended the last two gatherings we held at Christ United, we would love to get your feedback on these events to help us determine how to move forward. Please follow this link and let us know what you thought. Thanks!
- The Ecclesia Collective