{"id":136,"date":"2021-05-13T16:13:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contemplative-activist.com\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2021-07-21T21:41:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T21:41:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/contemplative-activist.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About us<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Marty & Sandy Boller<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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We have been actively involved in pastoral ministry since 1985.<\/h2>

Married in 1975 in Skokie, IL, we were participants with the beginnings of what is now the Evanston, IL Vineyard Church. Yes, that\u2019s Sandy & Marty, drinking coffee, right there in the middle of this picture of one of the first Sunday morning gatherings in January 1976!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Later on, we\u00a0also planted two Vineyard churches in Iowa: Iowa City (1988) and Cedar Rapids (1998).<\/h2>

We have four grown children, all married, with seven adorable grandchildren. And in truth, it\u2019s our family that gives us our greatest sense of accomplishment and our truest joy in life!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Over the years, Marty has written two books on Christian discipleship;<\/h3>

\u00a0The Perfected Self<\/em>\u00a0(2002) and\u00a0The Wisdom of Wimber: As I See It<\/em> (2014); and over the years we wrote blogs and created podcasts. It has turned into a popular resource that now has 150,000+ hits since our humble beginnings just a few years back. (Visit blog archives<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Now, after 30 years in pastoral ministry, we are embarking on a new phase of life and ministry.<\/h3>

We call it our adventure into Christ-centered 3-C contemplative activism. And it all began a few years back when God began challenging us on our traditional ways of doing church and making disciples for Jesus. Today, we no longer see ourselves as 3-B pastors working in traditional church settings, but more of what author Eugene Peterson defines as \u201ccontemplative pastors\u201d\u2026pastoral shepherds following Jesus into an ancient yet refreshingly-new lifestyle of ministry that focuses on the care and cure of souls utilizing the tools and disciplines of spiritual formation and spiritual direction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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