Bob & Gracie Ekblad

Bob Ekblad is executive director of Tierra Nueva and The People’s Seminary in Burlington, Washington. A minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he holds a ThD in Old Testament and is known internationally for his courses and workshops on reading the Bible.

Bob and his wife Gracie minister at Tierra Nueva and at their home-based retreat centre New Earth Refuge (see http://www.bobekblad.com). They have three children.

Bob is also the author of A New Christian Manifesto and Reading the Bible with the Damned. His passion is to see leaders recruited, equipped and empowered by the Holy Spirit to minister to society’s least. He teaches courses in Biblical studies in missions at Regent College in Vancouver, BC, Mars Hill Graduate School, Seattle and Westminster Theological Centre in the UK and leads workshops around the world on jail/prison ministry and missions.

Bob and Gracie are committed to the emergence of a new paradigm and praxis that brings together diverse emphases and parts of the body of Christ in the service of the least – on earth as in heaven.