WHAT WE DO:
WORD
Careful & contemplative reading of the Bible, prayerfully oriented by the life & teaching of Jesus & the Holy Spirit’s direction, informing & empowering disciples to proclaim the Father’s love to this broken world.
SPIRIT
Empowered ministry with the gifts of the Holy Spirit
in alignment with Jesus’ action and the Apostles’ mission in the New Testament.
We seek to follow Jesus as disciples, nurturing a movement that holds together the fullness of his teaching & actions in the Gospels.
STREET
A deliberate commitment to the social prophetic,
speaking truth to power, empowering people to have a voice,
to address the structural dimensions of injustice and oppression.
RESOURCES
The People’s Seminary offers a variety of webinars and certificates in-person and online internationally and in multiple languages.
The People’s Seminary Press also features a variety of in-print, digital, and audiobook resources by associated authors for personal training and spiritual reflection.
BOB & GRACIE EKBLAD
Bob and Gracie Ekblad are co-founders and pastors of Tierra Nueva and The People's Seminary in Burlington, Washington. Bob holds a ThD in Old Testament, and Gracie holds a Masters of Theology from the Institut Protestant de Théologie, Montpellier, France. Both Bob and Gracie are ordained ministers in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Bob has taught at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, Westminster Theological Centre (UK), Regent College and is the author of Reading the Bible with the Damned, A New Christian Manifesto: Pledging Allegiance to the Kingdom of God, The Beautiful Gate: Enter Jesus' Global Liberation Movement, and Guerrilla Gospel: Reading the Bible for Liberation in the Power of the Spirit.
