“The Way Back Home: From Christian Orthodoxy to Freedom” is the title of a talk to be given to the Emerald Coast Meditation Society on March 6. Speaker will be Markus Bishop, spiritual director of The Life Center in Panama City Beach.
The meeting will start with a silent 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical and does not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Bishop will describe how he was transformed from a Pentecostal background and a 30-year traditional ministry to a totally different person who says “I don’t even call myself a Christian any more.”
Raised in Birmingham, AL, the sixth generation of his family in that area, Bishop attended Auburn University and the University of Alabama-Birmingham before graduating from Pentecostal Rhema Bible School. That very year—1981—he moved to Panama City. In 1982 he took over a small group of about 25 people called the Faith Christian Fellowship.
Eventually this congregation grew sizable and became Faith Christian Family Church. Bishop had a Sunday morning TV show for years during his 30 years as pastor. But in 2010 he began seeing the world, and himself, in a different light. He says he “heard the voice of the holy spirit,” but it was coming from within. He then went through a three-year period of self-examination that resulted in his leaving his church.
In January 2012 The Life Center was born, with Bishop as its founder and spiritual director. He describes it as a spiritual community that blends together all spiritual traditions and faiths, which honors the richness of diversity and the many paths to God. This personal transformation is what Bishop will talk about at the ECMS.
Bishop is married to Fany Rojas of Paraguay. He has two daughters and two stepchildren.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets every first and third Thursday except in July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. Contact nancyjames@embarqmail.com for further information.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/823946890956000/
The meeting will start with a silent 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical and does not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Bishop will describe how he was transformed from a Pentecostal background and a 30-year traditional ministry to a totally different person who says “I don’t even call myself a Christian any more.”
Raised in Birmingham, AL, the sixth generation of his family in that area, Bishop attended Auburn University and the University of Alabama-Birmingham before graduating from Pentecostal Rhema Bible School. That very year—1981—he moved to Panama City. In 1982 he took over a small group of about 25 people called the Faith Christian Fellowship.
Eventually this congregation grew sizable and became Faith Christian Family Church. Bishop had a Sunday morning TV show for years during his 30 years as pastor. But in 2010 he began seeing the world, and himself, in a different light. He says he “heard the voice of the holy spirit,” but it was coming from within. He then went through a three-year period of self-examination that resulted in his leaving his church.
In January 2012 The Life Center was born, with Bishop as its founder and spiritual director. He describes it as a spiritual community that blends together all spiritual traditions and faiths, which honors the richness of diversity and the many paths to God. This personal transformation is what Bishop will talk about at the ECMS.
Bishop is married to Fany Rojas of Paraguay. He has two daughters and two stepchildren.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets every first and third Thursday except in July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. Contact nancyjames@embarqmail.com for further information.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/823946890956000/