"Unconventional and Spirit Filled"
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Gordon Dragt describes his celebrated style of intentional leadership as a doorman, a schmoozer, and a producer.
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He was for twenty years a member of the adjunct faculty of the Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education (C.A.R.E.) in the field of worship and the arts, sponsored by the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.; is a Fellow in the Society for Arts, Religion, and Contemporary Culture (ARC), served on ARC’s Board of Directors; was honored as Arts Minister of the Year by C.A.R.E.; has forty years of experience transforming declining town, suburban, and city churches into thriving arts-friendly, multicultural and multiracial congregations; and has numerous other awards, honors, and certifications. Gordon has served on the Board of Trustees of New Brunswick Theological Seminary (N.B.T.S.) in New Brunswick, NJ, is currently on N.B.T.S.’ Anti-Racism Transformation Team (A.R.T.T.), and servced on A.R.T.T.’s Leadership Team, and on the seminary’s Visiting Artist Committee. Gordon is Emeritus Senior Minister of the Collegiate Churches of NYC, where he served for twenty years as Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church, during which time it was transformed from a near death church into a dynamic and diverse city-wide ministry to over 1,000 people.
