Meet our Lead Pastor
Douglas holds a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Nottingham, UK. Prior to his postgraduate work in theology, which includes his doctorate and two Masters degrees (MDiv and ThM), Douglas earned an undergraduate degree in Chemistry. He has worked in the field of analytical chemistry, and has co-authored two winning NASA contract proposals.
He has written for a number of journals including Faith and Mission, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and Review of Biblical Literature. He is a document editor for the Online Critical Pseudepigrapha, and a member of the Society of Biblical Literature. His first book, The Temporal Mechanics of the Fourth Gospel, was published in 2008 by Brill. His second book, SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World, was published in 2009 by Zondervan (a division of HarperCollins). SimChurch has been featured on CNN.com, K-Love, and in the Atlanta- Journal Constitution, to name a few. His third book is expected end of 2011.
Ordained by the Kenya Baptist Convention, Douglas has coached pastors and planted more than 20 churches in East Africa. His wife Noel is a Marriage and Family Therapist and they have one son, Wyatt, and one daughter, Bridget.
TOPQuick facts about Pastor Douglas
Cat: Sitka
Hometown: Wallops Island, VA (pop. 434)
Hobbies: Going to the beach, playing guitar, watching movies with my wife, traveling
Favorite
Movies: The Lord of the Rings, Iron ManBands: U2, the Beatles, Relient K, Tim Hughes
Guitars: 1984 Gibson Les Paul Custom, 1990s Rickenbacker 360-6, 1990s Starfield Altair, and 1980s Zion Strat thru a Rivera M100-112 or Egnater head, plus Taylor acoustics
Coffee: Seattle's Best Iced Caffè Mocha
Food: [UK-style] Indian
Sweets: European dark chocolate (>60% cocoa)
Restaurants: P.F. Chang's, Panera
Travel: England, France, Russia, Iceland, Netherlands, Sweden, Kenya, Tanzania, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Canada, Greece, Switzerland
Education: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute
Masters of Divinity, Southeastern Seminary
Masters of Theology, Southeastern Seminary
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham (UK)
Email: Douglas Estes
TOPBooks by Pastor Douglas
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SimChurch
The virtual church is here, and it's poised for explosive growth as a generation comfortable with virtual worlds cultivates faith communities online. What is the virtual church, and what possibilities and concerns does it create? This must-read book opens a dialog no culturally aware Christian passionate about the church and evangelism can afford to miss.
Estes offers the most even-handed, informed, and insightful overview to date of what virtual-world ecclesia means not only within its own confines, but also to ecclesia in the physical world. At the risk of over-stating the case, it is increasingly incumbent upon clergy and lay leaders alike to familiarize themselves now...right now...with the information Estes renders so clearly.
—Phyllis Tickle
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The Temporal Mechanics of the Fourth Gospel
Spiritual but broken, theological but flawed—these are the words critics use to describe the Gospel of John. Compared to the Synoptics, John's version of the life of Jesus seems scrambled, especially in the area of time and chronology. But what if John's textual and temporal flaws have more to do with our implicit assumptions about time than a text that is truly flawed? This book responds to that question by reinventing narrative temporality in light of modern physics and applying this alternative temporal lens to the Fourth Gospel. From the singularity in the epic prologue to the narrative warping of event-like objects, this work explodes the elemental temporalities simmering below the surface of a spiritual yet superior Gospel text.
Few books in biblical scholarship can truly be called groundbreaking. This is one of them.
—David Rensberger, Biblical Interpretation
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The Questions of Jesus in John
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