Jason Byassee

Jason Byassee is a fellow in theology and leadership at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity and senior pastor of Boone United Methodist Church in the Western North Carolina Conference. He worked at Duke Divinity School from 2008-2011, writing and teaching about theology and leadership and editing the Call & Response blog at Faith & Leadership for much of that time. He serves as a contributing editor to Christian Century, where he was an assistant editor from 2004-2008. He is author of The Gifts of the Small Church (Abingdon, 2010), Reading Augustine: A Guide to Confessions (Cascade, 2006), An Introduction to the Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Cascade, 2007) and Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine (Eerdmans, 2007). He has a master of divinity and doctorate from Duke University.

Church

Loving the Large Church (and Worrying About It)

Megachurches continue to spring up all across America, even as writers like Wendell Berry and Eugene Peterson warn against their spiritual disadvantages. Author Jason Byassee says we need to hear these critics carping in our ears, while at the same time remember that large churches don't have to follow the norm. They can be communities of prayer, worship, study and service on par with smaller congregations.

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Social Sector

Entrepreneurship in Action

The psalmist tells us that God knit each of us together in the womb; knitting requires great attention to detail. What details are uniquely woven into you that invite you to create a unique cultural good? Here are two stories of women from Redeemer Presbyterian Church's Entrepreneurship Initiative Forum whose faith led them to the discovery of their own personal cultural goods.

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