Mike Stavlund is a writer who works from a 5-car pile-up at the intersection of his Christian faith and real life. He is a husband of over 15 years and a father of 4 children. He lives with his wife and 3 daughters in a small house which he remodeled himself outside Washington, DC. He’s a part of an innovative emergence Christian community called Common Table, a co-conspirator with the Relational Tithe, and a proud part of the collective called Emergent Village. Some consider him a Renaissance man, some an intellectual, some a redneck, and he’s flattered in every case. He cooks, he cleans, he changes diapers and brakes, and he shops at a real hardware store at every opportunity.

Education

Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL

• B.A., Magna Cum Laude (1992)
• Liberal arts education;  Biblical Studies Major, Psychology Minor.

Trinity Divinity School

• M.Div.  (1996)
• Focus on Psychology/Counseling and Homiletics

Professional

Intern/Assistant Pastor

• Bay Hills Community Church, El Sobrante, CA
• 1995-1996

Pastor

• Straits Evangelical Free Church, St. Ignace, MI
• 1997-1999

Church Planter

• DC Vineyard, Washington, DC
• 1999-2004

Church Practitioner

• Church of The Common Table, Vienna, VA
• 2004-present

Adjunct Faculty

• with Stratford University, 2005-2007
• with Argosy University, 2011 to present
• with Wesley Theological Seminary, 2012