Current Address:
615 Santa Ana Blvd
Oak View, CA 93022
Phone: (805) 649-1327
Fax: (805) 649-2179
Email: chedmyers@bcm-net.org

Date/Place of Birth: Feb. 1, 1955, Pasadena, CA (5th generation Californian)

Education

1981-84: M.A., Honors, New Testament, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.

1974-78: B.A. (Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), Interdisciplinary Humanities, University of California at Berkeley, CA.

 

Leadership

1998-present: Co-founder and Program Director, Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries. Founding Steering Committee member, Word and World People’s School, Sabbath Economics Collaborative. Board member, Sojourners Magazine.

1996-98: Consultant to national office, American Friends Service Committee.

1987-1996: Director of Programs, American Friends Service Committee, Pacific Southwest Regional Office, Pasadena, CA.

1985: Consultant and educator, Action for World Development, Sydney, Australia.

1980-84: Co-founder and director, U.S. Pacific Issues Network, San Francisco, CA. International Steering Committee member, Pacific Concerns Resource Center, Honolulu. Board member, Agape Foundation for Nonviolent Social Change, San Francisco.

1976-83: Founder and co-pastor, Bartimaeus Christian community, Berkeley, CA. Organizer/educator, Pacific Life Community.

 

Editorial Positions

Contributing editor, Sojourners Magazine; Editorial consultant, Orbis Books; freelance editor.

 

Academic Teaching

U.S.:
Memphis Theological Seminary (Visiting Professor, 2003), TN;
Ecumenical Theological Seminary (Detroit, MI);
Seminary Consortium on Urban and Pastoral Education (Chicago, IL);
Claremont School of Theology (Fellow in Urban Theology, 1998), CA;
Fuller School of Theology (Pasadena, CA);
Immaculate Heart College Center (Los Angeles, CA);
School of Applied Theology (Berkeley, CA).

International:
Churches of Christ Theological College (Melbourne, Australia)

Academic Seminars/Lectureships/Short Courses

U.S.:
Bartimaeus Institute (American Baptist Seminary of the West, CA);
Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA);
Fresno Pacific University/Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (Fresno, CA);
Luther Seminary (Minneapolis, MN);
Garret Evangelical Seminary (Chicago, IL);
Christian Brothers University (Memphis, TN);
Andover Newton School of Theology (Boston, MA);
Perkins School of Theology (Ft. Worth, TX);
Pt. Loma University (San Diego, CA);
Rivier College (Nashua, NH);
Fresno Pacific University (Fresno, CA);
Maryknoll School of Theology (Ossining, NY);
Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA);
University of San Francisco (Scholar in Residence, 2000);
Bangor Theological Seminary (Bangor, ME);
Loyola University (Chicago, IL);
Institute for Continuing Ministry Studies (Claremont, CA);
University of San Diego (San Diego, CA);
Manchester College (Manchester, IN);
Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC);
Virginia Theological Seminary (Alexandria, VA);
Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI);
Phillips Theological Seminary (Enid, OK);
St. Mary of the Lake Seminary (Mundeline, MI);
California Lutheran University (Thousand Oaks, CA);
Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, GA);
United Theological Seminary (Minneapolis, MN);
Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ);
Jesus Seminar (Phoenix, AZ);
Association for Practical Theology (Claremont, CA);
University of Hawaii Institute for Peace (Honolulu, HI).

International:

Canada:
Luther Theological Seminary (Saskatoon, SK)
United Theological College (Montreal, QB)
Emmanuel/St Chad College (Saskatoon, SK);
Vancouver School of Theology (Vancouver, BC);
Menno Simons College (Winnipeg, MB);
University of Winnipeg (Winnipeg, MB);
Toronto School of Theology (Toronto, ON);
Institute for Christian Studies (Toronto, ON).

United Kingdom:
Cuddesdon College (Oxford);
Cambridge Federation (Cambridge);
Institute for Contemporary Christianity (London).

Australia & New Zealand:
St. Hilda’s College (Melbourne);
Uniting Church Theological College (Sydney);
Parkin-Wesley Theological College (Adelaide);
Victoria University (Wellington);
St John’s College (Auckland);
Canterbury University (Christchurch).

India:
United Theological College (Bangalore);
Tamilnadu Theological Seminary (Madurai).

 

Conference and Retreat Leadership (select list)

Ecumenical:
Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Coalition (Toronto); World Council of Churches Colloquium on Faith & Globalization (Hofgeismar, Germany); National Council of Churches New Zealand/Aotearoa; Christian Nongovernmental Agencies for Humanitarian Relief (Vancouver, BC); Christian Community Health Fellowship (Portland, OR); Journey into Freedom (Portland, OR); Sojourners Magazine; Servant Leadership Schools (Washington DC, Memphis, TN, Greensboro, NC); Beloved Community Center (Greensboro, NC); Community of the Open Door (Atlanta, GA); Virginia Council of Churches; Stanford Campus Ministry (Palo Alto, CA); Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy; Churches United for Peacemaking (Wichita, KS); Youth Discipleship Project (Claremont, CA); Center for Student Missions (Los Angeles, CA); California Conference of Churches; Witness for Peace (New England Region); Kirkridge Retreat Center (Bangor, PA); Hawai’i Ecumenical Coalition; Tucson Interfaith Council, AZ; Michigan Faith and Resistance; Borderlinks (Tucson, AZ); People’s Seminary (Skagit, WA); Ecumenical Institute of the Northeast; Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (Los Angeles, CA)

United/Uniting:
Five Oaks Center (Brampton, ON, Canada); Prairie Christian Training Center (Fort Qu’Appelle, SK); Tatamagouche Centre (Nova Scotia); Victoria Uniting Church Commission for Mission (Melbourne, Australia); United Reformed Church (London, U.K.).

United Methodist:
New England Annual Conference; University Temple Church (Seattle, WA); Iowa Annual Conference; Western Regional Urban Ministry Convocation (Los Angeles).

United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ
Connecticut Conference; National UCC Justice/Peace Ministries; New England Conference; Churches of Christ World Assembly (Brisbane, Australia); First Christian Church (San Jose, CA); First Christian Church (Los Angeles, CA); Mississippi Blvd. Church (Memphis, TN);

Presbyterian:
Binational Encuentro (Tegucigalpa, Honduras); Presbytery of Monterey, CA; Presbytery of the Cascades, WA; The Witherspoon Society; Ghost Ranch, NM; National Peacemaking Committee; First Presbyterian (Palo Alto, CA); Downtown Church (theologian in residence, Rochester, NY); Pacific Presbytery, CA; California-Hawaii Synod; Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles); Heartland Presbyterian Church (Des Moines, IO); Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church (L.A.)

Free Church traditions:
Nazarene Center for Christian Social Holiness (San Diego, CA); Bresee Institute (Los Angeles, CA); Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America; First Baptist Church (Memphis, TN); Beloved Community Center (Greensboro, NC); St. Paul’s Baptist (Memphis, TN)

Peace Churches:

Believers Church Lecture Series, Fresno Pacific University/Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary;
Southern California Brethren/Mennonite Pastors Conference; Quaker Center (Ben Lomond, CA); Christian Peacemaker Teams Congress (North Manchester, IN); North Carolina Friends Yearly Meeting; Pacific Yearly Meeting; Mennonite Central Committee; Pendle Hill Retreat Center (Philadelphia, PA)

Episcopal/Anglican:
Diocese of South Lambert (London, UK); Southwark Cathedral (London, UK); Norwich Cathedral (Norwich, UK); Church of South India; St. John’s Darlinghurst (Sydney, Australia); St. George’s Seatoun (Wellington, NZ); National Urban Caucus, U.S.; Diocese of Utah; Diocese of Washington, DC; St. Mary’s (Arlington, VA); All Saints (Pasadena, CA); St. John’s (Los Angeles, CA); Episcopal Urban Caucus; Grace St Luke’s (Memphis, TN)

Lutheran:
Chi Ro Lectureship (Eugene, OR); Holy Trinity (Minneapolis, MN); Oregon Synod (ELCA); Holy Redeemer Church (San Jose, CA); St. Martin’s Table (Minneapolis, MN); Holden Village, WA

Roman Catholic:
Maryknoll Mission Institute (Ossining, NY); Clinton Franciscans Annual Peace conference (Clinton, IO); Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Memphis, TN); St. Benedict’s Retreat Center (Winnipeg, MB); Scarborough Missions Society (Toronto, ON); Call to Action; Pax Christi; Diocese of Davenport, IO; Jesuit Volunteer Corps; Corpus Christi/Spiritus Christi (Rochester, NY); Detention Ministries, Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Thomas Merton Center (Palo Alto, CA); St. Thomas Parish (Abiquiu, NM); Proyecto Pastoral/Dolores Misión (Los Angeles, CA); Sowers of Justice/Richmond Diocese Office of Justice and Peace, VA; Immaculate Heart Community (Los Angeles, CA); Center for Action & Contemplation (Albuquerque, NM); University of Santa Clara Student Ministries, CA; Catholic Peace Ministry (Des Moines); National Catholic Reporter

Other:
National Restorative Justice Conference, San Antonio, TX; Planned Parenthood Diversity office; Jubilee 2000 UK & US; Nevada Desert Experience (Las Vegas, NV); Resource Center for Nonviolence (Santa Cruz, CA)