Wikiklesia: Volume Two

Announcement / Invitation

The Wikiklesia Project: Volume Two
Taking Flight: Reclaiming the Female Half of God’s Image. A Journey of Freedom and Reconciliation

The award winning Wikiklesia Project: Volume One broke new ground as a crowd sourced, collaborative ecclesial publishing model. Wiki One presented a “far reaching exploration of spiritual journey contextualized within a culture of increasingly immersive technology.” Wiki Two enlarges the virtual anthology by exploring the rapidly changing perception of women in faith leadership and how their participation will shape the future church.

We are inviting you, both men and women, both published and non-published authors and bloggers, to share your perspective and experiences. Send us a 3-5 paragraph proposal by May 15, 2009. We will select fifty of the most visionary and thought-provoking articles for a year-long interactive publication at the Missional Tribe community. Most of these articles will be selected for the final hard copy version of the book. Sister publications with traditional publishers are also on the radar. Finished chapters should be maximum 3000 words and due by July 31, 2009. Images, diagrams, photos, poetry, and resources are welcomed. A number of guest authors have already been confirmed and all proceeds from the project will go to Emancipation Network.

The time for disenfranchisement and debating women’s “place” has passed. Wikiklesia: Volume Two is dedicated to affirming and learning about women who, as passionate contributors, use their gifts as well as serve alongside their brothers in God’s Kingdom—reclaiming a unified image for the Body of Christ.

The Editors are looking for stories from thinkers and doers who have dared to imagine opportunities for women’s voices both within and beyond the traditional framework of religious institutions and settings. What wild adventures and stories of those “taking flight” are out there? How will further progress be made? How can future generations of women be inspired to realize their potential? We need your stories – the courageous visionaries who are re-examining and re-imagining the roles of women of faith – to present a fresh, comprehensive view that will inspire women (and men!) to look expectantly towards a positively transformed 21st century ecclesia.

For more information visit The Wikiklesia Project
Submission protocol VolumeTwo Publishing Model.