One Sentence Bio:
Jonathan is the partner of one and father of three, founder of lovehaiti.org, podcaster, and award-winning author with some degrees in open and relational theology who loves to help pastors through opentable.network.

Two Sentence Bio:
Jonathan J. Foster is the partner of one, father of three, author, podcaster, cofounder and chief advocate for lovehaiti.org, who holds a doctorate in theology from Northwind Seminary. He facilitates OpenTable.network, an organization resourcing and credentialing pastors, churches, chaplains, spiritual directors, and counselors.

The Motherload of a Bio:
Jonathan J. Foster is a partner of one, a father of three, a former church planter, and someone who's spent years thinking deeply about faith and community.

When he's not writing or podcasting, he's the chief advocate for lovehaiti.org, an organization doing healthcare and education in some of the most overlooked and underserved areas of the Western Hemisphere.

He holds a doctorate in theology from Northwind Seminary, where he studied under Thomas Jay Oord. His dissertation turned book, is titled Theology of Consent: Mimetic Theory in an Open and Relational Universe. His book indigo: the color of grief has been featured on dozens of podcasts and endorsed by a host of progressive Christian thinkers and authors, including Peter Rollins, Jack Caputo, Rob Bell, Paul Young, Catherine Keller, and Brian McLaren.

After thirty-plus years of ministry—including being asked by his former denomination to surrender his credentials over his insistence on full LGBTQ+ inclusion—Jonathan experienced firsthand the tension between love and institutionalism. This led him to co-found OpenTable.network, which resources and credentials pastors, chaplains, spiritual directors, and counselors who are interested in love-driven local mission over dogma-driven global conformity.

Books:
-indigo: the color of grief if you’re looking for thoughts about love, death, loss, and grief.
-theology of consent: mimetic theory in an open and relational universe for thoughts about well, exactly what the subtitle says.
-other titles can be found at my amazon page.

Some popular podcast episodes:
-With the Rev Ben Cremer
-With Rob Bell
-Why it’s a good time to go open and relational with Andrew Davis
-With Ilia Delio

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