ken castor

My intention for this site is to encourage missional partnerships and initiatives throughout the world through biblical formation and intentional generational-transference of leadership.

I don't pretend to have it figured out... But I've tried to dedicate my life to this stuff. I'm a pastor-teacher-writer-husband-dad-student-legomaster-networker-catalyst-coffeejunkie-cubsfan who has been blogging on this site since 2005. Right now I'm planted in the Minneapolis region as a faculty member focused on youth ministry and spiritual formation at Crown College. My aim is to catalyze a next generation of Jesus Followers- by practicing Colossians 2:6-7 & Ephesians 3:14-21~ rooted:deeper:alive in Jesus. My doctoral dissertation (2010) focused on generational transference of ministry leadership within local churches... and I've had the privilege of teaching and partnering in ministry directly in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.

God's blessed me with an amazing wife, two incredible boys and an amazing little girl. Some other bits of my story go something like this: born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1972, went to Snider High School in Fort Wayne, IN, (1990), BA in History and Christian Education at Taylor University (1994), MDiv from Regent College in Vancouver, BC (2000), DMin from Trinity Western University / ACTS in Langley, BC (2010). For over twenty years I've tried to serve as a pastoral catalyst in various churches and para-churches throughout North America, focusing on the development of next generation ministry leaders. At the end of it all, my prayer is to be a part of a growing network of people residing with Christ.